Alycaeus rolfbrandti Maassen, 2006

Inkhavilay, Khamla, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Bantaowong, Ueangfa, Chanabun, Ratmanee, Siriwut, Warut, Srisonchai, Ruttapon, Pholyotha, Arthit, Jirapatrasilp, Parin & Panha, Somsak, 2019, Annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs from Laos (Mollusca, Gastropoda), ZooKeys 834, pp. 1-166 : 1

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.834.28800

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scientific name

Alycaeus rolfbrandti Maassen, 2006
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Alycaeus rolfbrandti Maassen, 2006

" Alycaeus carinata Brandt": unpublished name [not Maassen (2006b: 137, 138, figs 10-13)].

Alycaeus rolfbrandti Maassen, 2006b: 136, 137, figs 6-9. Type locality: limestone hills 20 km E. of Takek, Laos [Thakhek District, Khammouan Province, Laos]. Páll-Gergely et al. 2017b: 10, fig. 3b.

Material examined.

Holotype RMNH 104423 Brandt ex. Hemmen collection figured in Maassen (2006b: figs 6-9) and paratype RMNH 104425 (1 shell). Specimens from Tam Xieng Liab Cave, Thakhek District, Khammouan Province (Fig. 3F).

Distribution.

Known from the limestone karsts in Khammouan and Bolikhamxay Provinces, Laos ( Maassen 2006b).

Remarks.

Brandt collects these shells in November 1963 from Laos and recognised this as a new species, but the finding was not published. Later, Maassen (2006b) described this species from Brandt’s specimens in the Hemmen collection.