Metalycaeus stylifer (Benson, 1857)

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	Metalycaeus stylifer (Benson, 1857)
status

Treatment

Alycaeus stylifer Benson, 1857: 204.

Alycaeus stylifer - Reeve 1878: pl. 6, species 46; Godwin-Austen 1914: 344, pl. 133, figs 2-2a-c.

Alycaeus (Dicharax) stylifer - Kobelt 1902: 376-377; Gude 1921: 269-270, fig. 35.

Chamalycaeus (Dicharax) stylifer - Ramakrishna et al. 2010: 66.

Type locality.

"ad Darjiling".

Material examined.

Damsang, W. Bhutan, NHMUK 1903.7.1.1255 (1 shell); Darjeeling, UMZC I.102630 (possible holotype, photographs examined).

Remarks.

Protoconch elevated, spirally striated; R1 with irregular, weak ribs and spiral lines of comparable strength; R2 relatively short, with sharp, widely spaced ribs.