Dicharax, Kobelt & Mollendorff, 1900

Asami, Takahiro, 2017, Revision of the Alycaeidae of China, Laos and Vietnam (Gastropoda: Cyclophoroidea) I: The genera Dicharax and Metalycaeus, Zootaxa 4331 (1), pp. 1-124 : 27-30

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4331.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6004415

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scientific name

Dicharax
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Dicharax View in CoL (?) moellendorffi (Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1886)

FIGUrE 18 View FIGURE 18 .

Alycaeus inflatus Möllendorff, 1886: 168 , pl. 5, fig. 7.

Alycaeus (Chamalycaeus) möllendorffi Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897: 149 . (nomen novum pro inflatus Möllendorff, 1886 , non inflatus Godwin-Austen, 1874 )

Alycaeus (Chamalycaeus) moellendorffi — Kobelt, 1902: 359.

Chamalycaeus moellendorffi — Yen, 1939: 30, pl. 2, fig. 35.

Chamalycaeus (Chamalycaeus) moellendorffi — Zilch, 1957: 86 (4/6): 144, pl. 5, fig. 12.

Types examined. LECTOTypE SMF 39236, 2 About SMF paraLECTOTypEs SMF 39237, 8 About SMF paraLECTOTypEs SMF 39238, CHINa: DaUdsHOU (HUNaN) , COLL. MöLLENdOrff 1886, COLL. BOETTGEr; 3 paraLECTOTypEs SMF 39302, COLL. KObELT, samE daTa as prEvIOUs.

Museum material examined. SMF 109789 About SMF /2, CHINa, HUNaN, LEG . MöLLENdOrff, COLL. K.L. PfEIffEr, Ex COLL. JETsCHIN 1928 ; SMF 39240/1, HENG-dsHOU-fU (TsCHOU-fU), HUNaN: CHINa , COLL. O. BOETTGEr Ex COLL. GrEdLEr 1886 ; SMF 39239/2, PaTUNG, HUpEI, CHINa , COLL. O. BOETTGEr Ex COLL. GrEdLEr 1887 ; NHMUK 1891.3.17.786–787/2, HUNaN, LEG . HUNGErfOrd; NHMUK 1899.8.22.94–98/2, HUNaN ; NHMUK 20150481 About NHMUK /2, HUNaN , COLL. SykEs , 1954 ; NHMUK 20150482 About NHMUK /3, CHINa, HUNaN ; NHMW 41005 View Materials /2, HUNaN ; NHMW 40497 View Materials /10, HUNaN , COLL. MöLLENdOrff; NHMW 71640 View Materials /O/7351/1, HUNaN , COLL. ObErwImmEr Ex COLL. MöLLENdOrff.

Diagnosis. A mEdIUm sIzEd spECIEs wITH LONG R2 aNd R3, rEGULarLy rIbbEd R1 aNd R3, smOOTH R2 wITH THE NarrOw LIGHT aNd THICk dark TraNsvErsE sTrIpEs aLTErNaTE, aNd vEry sLIGHTLy CrENULaTEd pErIsTOmE.

Description. SHELL ( FIGUrE 18A View FIGURE 18 ) LIGHT TaN; sHELL OUTLINE OvaL frOm dOrsaL vIEw, sHELL aLmOsT fLaT, EdGE Of bOdy wHOrL vEry sLIGHTLy aNGULaTEd, raTHEr “parabOLIC”; prOTOCONCH LOw, CONsIsTING Of 1.5 wHOrLs, aLmOsT smOOTH, GLOssy; R1 CONsIsTs Of 1.75 Or sLIGHTLy mOrE wHOrLs, rEGULarLy rIbbEd, rIbs bECOmE GradUaLLy LEss dENsE aNTErIOrLy; TraNsITION bETwEEN R1 aNd R2 abrUpT; LENGTH Of R2 + R3 sLIGHTLy mOrE THaN HaLf wHOrL; R2 aNd R3 Of abOUT THE samE LENGTH; R2 smOOTH ( FIGUrEs 18B–D View FIGURE 18 ), wITH NarrOw LIGHT (= mICrOTUNNELs) aNd THICk dark (= arEa bETwEEN THE mICrOTUNNELs) TraNsvErsE sTrIpEs aLTErNaTE; ON SEM ImaGEs EdGE Of aNTErIOr CrUsT vIsIbLE as dOUbLE, paraLLEL LINE; CrOss-sECTIONaL vIEw Of R2 was ExamINEd IN ONE spECImEN (NHMW 40497, FIGUrE 18E View FIGURE 18 , 68G View FIGURE 68 ); aNTErIOr CrUsT ENTIrELy fLaT, ITs pOsTErIOr prOjECTION fOrms a mICrOTUNNEL wITH raTHEr ELLIpTICaL CrOss sECTIONaL vIEw wITH THE pOsTErIOr CrUsT; TraNsITION bETwEEN R2 aNd R3 CLEarLy vIsIbLE bECaUsE Of a CONspICUOUs CONsTrICTION; R3 wITH raTHEr IrrEGULar GrOwTH rIbs; apErTUrE ExTErNaLLy sLIGHTLy CrENULaTEd by HavING INCONspICUOUs kNOTs aNd sLIGHT UppEr INCIsION; OUTEr LIp sLIGHTLy rEfLECTEd aNd wIdENEd, INNEr LIp THICkENEd, THE bOUNdary bETwEEN THE TwO LIps CLEarLy vIsIbLE.

Measurements (in mm). D = 5.0–5.3, H = 2.7–2.8 (N = 3, SMF 39238).

Operculum. OUTEr sIdE mULTIspIraL, wITHOUT ELEvaTEd LamELLa; THE INNEr sUrfaCE Of THE OpENEd spECImEN (NHMW 40497) was ExamINEd, IT Is wITH a sTrONGLy ELEvaTEd, pOINTEd, CENTraL NIppLE.

Variation in specimens. THE ExamINEd spECImENs sHOwEd NO NOTabLE varIabILITy IN TErms Of sHELL CHaraCTErs.

Differential diagnosis. Dicharax moellendorffi CaN bE dIsTINGUIsHEd by aLL OTHEr CHINEsE aNd VIETNamEsE Dicharax spECIEs by THE smOOTH R2. SEE aLsO UNdEr D. cristatus .

Distribution. THIs spECIEs prObabLy INHabITs ONLy sOUTHErN HUNaN prOvINCE. THE HIsTOrICaL sampLEs wErE COLLECTEd frOm HUNaN aNd HUbEI prOvINCEs. THE LOCaLITy Of BadONG (HUbEI PrOvINCE) Is, HOwEvEr, prObabLy ErrONEOUs, THErEfOrE IT Is NOT INdICaTEd ON THE map ( FIGUrE 7 View FIGURE 7 ).

SMF

Forschungsinstitut und Natur-Museum Senckenberg

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Architaenioglossa

SuperFamily

Cyclophoroidea

Family

Alycaeidae

Loc

Dicharax

Asami, Takahiro 2017
2017
Loc

Chamalycaeus (Chamalycaeus) moellendorffi

Zilch 1957: 86
1957
Loc

Chamalycaeus moellendorffi

Yen 1939: 30
1939
Loc

Alycaeus (Chamalycaeus) moellendorffi

Kobelt 1902: 359
1902
Loc

Alycaeus (Chamalycaeus) möllendorffi Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897 : 149

Kobelt 1897: 149
1897
Loc

Alycaeus inflatus Möllendorff, 1886 : 168

Mollendorff 1886: 168
1886
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