Cyclophorus niahensis Godwin-Austen, 1889

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 : 18

Cyclophorus niahensis Godwin-Austen, 1889

Cyclophorus niahensis Godwin-Austen, 1889: 334, pl. 35, fig. 1. Kobelt 1902: 115.

Type locality.

Niah Hills [Sarawak, Malaysia].

Type material.

Lectotype (design. n.), NHMUK 1889.12.7.3 ( Fig. 15C; D =44.0 mm, H=28.0 mm, W=4), paralectotype NHMUK 1889.12.7.4 (2 shells: 1 adult and 1 juvenile; Fig. 15D; D =41.1 mm, H=24.8 mm, W=4).

Remarks.

The use of the term “holotype” in Vermeulen (1999: 144) does not constitute a valid lectotype designation, since there was no explicit indication to a particular specimen ( ICZN 1999: Art. 74.5). The specimen which most closely matches the figure in the original description (especially in respect to the position of interrupted growth lines on last whorl) and marked with an “X” on the inside of the aperture is here designated as the lectotype.

Figures

Figure 15. Types of Cyclophorus species. A, B Cyclophorus nagaensis Godwin-Austen & Beddome, 1894 A lectotype NHMUK 1903.7.1.1456 / 1, and B paralectotype NHMUK 1903.7.1.1456 / 2 - 4 C, D Cyclophorus niahensis Godwin-Austen, 1889 C lectotype NHMUK 1889.12.7.3, and D paralectotype NHMUK 1889.12.7.4.