Athoracophorus marmoratus Simroth, 1889

Brook, Fred J. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2019, Type material of land snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) described from New Zealand by taxonomists in Europe and North America between 1830 and 1934, and the history of research on the New Zealand land snail fauna from 1824 to 1917, Zootaxa 4697 (1), pp. 1-117 : 24

Athoracophorus marmoratus Simroth, 1889

Simroth, 1889. Nova acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum, 54: 71, pl. 4, figs. 3–10.

Type material: Syntype (1), ZMB MOLL30217 (in alcohol) ( Kilias 1974: 350).

Label details: ‘ New Zealand, Auckland Isl., leg.: Krone’.

Type locality: ‘Auklandinsel’ ( Simroth 1889: 70).

Previous illustrations of type material: Simroth (1889: pl. 4, figs. 3–10).

Remarks: The description of Athoracophorus marmoratus was based on material collected in 1874 by the naturalist and photographer Herman Krone, during a German expedition to the Auckland Islands to observe a transit of Venus. Simroth (1889: 79) noted that E. von Martens provided the species name, but Simroth himself was responsible for the nomenclatural act of publishing both the name and description (see Barker 2018: 229). Athoracophorus (Pseudaneitea) martensi Suter, 1909 is an unnecessary nom. nov. for A. marmoratus Simroth, 1889 , non Konophora marmorea Hutton, 1879 ( Powell 1979: 301; Barker 2018: 229). Athoracophorus marmoratus Simroth was listed as Athoracophorus martensi by Suter (1913b: 800) and Grimpe & Hoffman (1925: 465), Reflectopallium martensi by Burton (1963: 57), R. marmoratum by Powell (1979: 301, fig. 72.7), and Pseudaneitea martensi by Burton (1982: 63). Athoracophorus marmoratus was originally designated as the type species of subgenus Athoracophorus (Amphikonophora) Suter, 1897 , by monotypy, though the accompanying description by Suter (1897a: 256–257) was based on another species that he subsequently named Athoracophorus (Amphikonophora) giganteus Suter, 1909 . The latter was listed as the type species of Amphiconophora [emended spelling] by Suter (1913b: 805), and selected by Barker (2018: 215) as the type species of Amphikonophora Suter, 1897 under ICZN Article 70.3.2.

Current Taxonomy: Listed as Pseudaneitea marmorata ( Simroth, 1889) by Spencer et al. (2009: 215) and Barker (2018: 229).

Distribution: Auckland and Macquarie islands ( Simroth 1889; Suter 1909a, 1913b—as Athoracophorus martensi ; Burton 1963 —as Reflectopallium martensi ; Powell 1979), but Macquarie Island record not confirmed (G.M. Barker pers. comm. 2018).