Simpulosis vincentina E.A. Smith, 1895

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2015, Annotated type catalogue of the Megaspiridae, Orthalicidae, and Simpulopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 470, pp. 17-143 : 49-50

Simpulosis vincentina E.A. Smith, 1895 Figs 29i-ii, L19i

Simpulosis vincentina E.A. Smith 1895: 305, pl. 21 figs 4-5; Pilsbry 1899: 219, pl. 63 figs 65-66; Breure 1979: 134.

Type locality.

[West Indies, St. Vincent] "Damp forest, Upper Richmond valley, 2000 ft, on leaves of Artanthe ( Piperacea ) (H.H. Smith)".

Label.

"Damp forest, Upper Richmond valley, 2000 ft, on leaves of Artanthe ( Piperacea ), St. Vincent, B.W.I.".

Dimensions.

"Longit. 13, diam. maj. 10 mm". Figured specimen H 11.4, D 10.2, W 2.8.

Type material.

NHMUK 1895.6.17.458, holotype, H.H. Smith leg.

Remarks.

E.A. Smith wrote "[o]nly a single specimen was collected." Both body of the last whorl and the lip are partly broken in the holotype. The current systematic position follows Richardson (1995: 368).

Current systematic position.

Simpulopsidae , Simpulosis (Simpulopsis) vincentina E.A. Smith, 1895.