Amphidromus sinistralis lutea Fulton, 1896

Sutcharit, Chirasak, Ablett, Jonathan, Tongkerd, Piyoros, Naggs, Fred & Panha, Somsak, 2015, Illustrated type catalogue of Amphidromus Albers, 1850 in the Natural History Museum, London, and descriptions of two new species, ZooKeys 492, pp. 49-105 : 68

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Camaenidae

Amphidromus sinistralis lutea Fulton, 1896

Bulimus sinistralis var. B. Martens, 1867: 355, pl. 21, fig. 2b.

Amphidromus sinistralis var. lutea Martens, Fulton 1896a: 76.

Type locality.

Moluccas [probably in the area of Maluku and North Maluku, Indonesia].

Type material.

Lectotype (design. n.), NHMUK 20140752/1 (Fig. 10G; H=40.8 mm, W=18.9 mm), paralectotypes NHMUK 20140752/2-8 (7S, Fig. 10H).

Remarks.

Fulton (1896a) correctly nominated this name, but attributed the authorship to von Martens. However, von Martens (1867: 355) described the subspecific name as ‘B’ which is an invalid ( ICZN 1999: Art. 11.9). Therefore, the authorship of this taxon should be attributed to Fulton.

The original description was very brief, without any measurements or illustrations, and did not indicate that a unique type was designated. The NHM holds a lot with eight shells from the Da Costa collection, with the original label stating "Fulton co-types" which are considered syntypes. The specimen that has a small label with Fulton’s handwritten glued inside the aperture is designated here as the lectotype to stabilise the name. The paralectotypes are the other seven specimens from the same lot.