Cyclophorus bensoni (Pfeiffer, 1854)

Nantarat, Nattawadee, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Tongkerd, Piyoros, Ablett, Jonathan, Naggs, Fred & Panha, Somsak, 2014, An annotated catalogue of type specimens of the land snail genus Cyclophorus Monfort, 1810 (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoridae) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 411, pp. 1-56 : 6-7

Cyclophorus bensoni (Pfeiffer, 1854)

Cyclostoma bensoni Pfeiffer, 1854c [1852]: 158. Pfeiffer 1853a: 244, pl. 32, figs 11-13.

Cyclophorus bensoni - Hanley and Theobald 1870: 16, pl. 34, fig. 5. Kobelt 1902: 108.

Type locality.

unknown.

Type material.

Lectotype (design. n.), NHMUK 20130115 ( Fig. 4D; D =42.8 mm, H=35.5 mm, W=5).

Remarks.

This species was described based on specimens from the Cuming collection. In the original description only one set of specimen measurements was given. In 1853, Pfeiffer (1853a: 244, pl. 32, figs 11-13) re-described and illustrated a single specimen from the Cuming collection. There is a single specimen from the Cuming collection with an original label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting stating the species name. The figured specimen in Pfeiffer (1853a) closely matches the measurements given in the original description and is here designated as the lectotype.

Figures

Figure 4. Types of Cyclophorus species. A, B Cyclophorus bapuensis Godwin-Austen, 1915 A lectotype NHMUK 1903.7.1.3108 / 1, and B paralectotype NHMUK 1903.7.1.3108 / 2 - 3 C Cyclophorus beddomeanus Preston, 1914 lectotype NHMUK 1936.4.15.22 D Cyclophorus bensoni (Pfeiffer, 1854) lectotype NHMUK 20130115.