Dioryx urnula rotundus Pall-Gergely, 2020

Pall-Gergely, Barna, Sajan, Sheikh, Tripathy, Basudev, Meng, Kaibaryer, Asami, Takahiro & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2020, Genus-level revision of the Alycaeidae (Gastropoda, Cyclophoroidea), with an annotated species catalogue, ZooKeys 981, pp. 1-220 : 1

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scientific name	Dioryx urnula rotundus Pall-Gergely
status	nom. nov.

Treatment

Dioryx urnula rotundus Pall-Gergely nom. nov.

Alycaeus (Dioryx) urnula var. globosus Godwin-Austen, 1914: 363, pl. 153, fig. 8 (non Alycaeus globosus H. Adams 1870).

Dioryx urnula var. globosa - Gude 1921: 202.

Type locality.

"Brahmakund, E. Assam".

Material examined.

Brahmakund, E. Assam, leg. M. Ogle, NHMUK 1903.7.1.2532 (17 syntypes).

Etymology.

The replacement name rotundus (Latin for spherical, globular, round, circular) refers to the shell shape of this subspecies.

Remarks.

Protoconch matte; R1 with irregular, low riblets and somewhat weaker spiral striation; R2 ca. 90° in length, smooth, with alternating lighter/slimmer and darker/thicker stripes.

Alycaeus (Dioryx) urnula var. globosus Godwin-Austen, 1914 is a junior primary homonym of Alycaeus globosus H. Adams 1870. Here we propose rotundus as a replacement name for the junior homonym.