Placostylus (caledonicus) auriculata Dautzenberg and Bouge in Dautzenberg, 1923

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2011, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with descriptions of two new species, ZooKeys 101, pp. 1-50 : 8

Placostylus (caledonicus) auriculata Dautzenberg and Bouge in Dautzenberg, 1923 Figs 9B, 9ii

Placostylus caledonicus var. auriculata Dautzenberg and Bouge in Dautzenberg 1923: 148; Neubert et al. 2009: 104.

Type locality.

[New Caledonia] “Forêt du Mt. Ignambi, au dessus d’Oubatche 500 m. altit.".

Label.

"N. Cal." in Dautzenberg’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

Not given. Figured specimen H 81.7, D 42.0, W 5.7.

Type material.

RBINS/MT2339. One possible syntype (Dautzenberg coll.).

Remarks.

The specimen has a label glued onto the dorsal side "Bulimus / P[seu?]do-Caledonicus". Dautzenberg (1923) explicitly stated there were two lots each with one specimen of this variety. This lot possibly may be attributed to one of these, although no specific locality is present with the specimen. Another lot, consisting of three specimens, is not considered type material. This variety has been synonymized with the nominate taxon by Neubert et al. (2009).

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae , Placostylus caledonicus (Petit, 1845).