Metalycaeus distinctus (Godwin-Austen, 1893)

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

Metalycaeus distinctus (Godwin-Austen, 1893)

Alycaeus ingrami var. - Godwin-Austen 1871: 91-92, pl. 4, fig. 3.

Alycaeus distinctus Godwin-Austen, 1893: 592.

Alycaeus distinctus - Godwin-Austen 1914: 363; Godwin-Austen 1914: 390, pl. 145, figs 3, 3a, b.

Alycaeus distinctus var. - Godwin-Austen 1914: 363, pl. 137, figs 2, 2a, 2b.

Alycaeus distinctus var. - Godwin-Austen 1914: 391, pl. 149, fig. 4. (2 varieties)

Alycaeus (Chamalycaeus) distinctus - Gude 1921: 226-227.

Chamalycaeus (Chamalycaeus) distinctus - Ramakrishna et al. 2010: 53.

Type locality.

"Neighbourhood of Asálú, N. Cachar Hills".

Material examined.

Naga Hills, NHMUK 1903.7.1.2619 (10 syntypes); Sadia, Assam, NHMUK 1903.7.1.2620 (2 shells of " Alycaeus distinctus var."); Jatinga Valley, N. Cachar, coll. Godwin-Austen, NHMUK 1903.7.1.2576 (19 + 6 shells) (" Alycaeus distinctus var.").

Remarks.

Protoconch elevated, spirally striated; R1 finely, irregularly ribbed with equally strong spiral striae; R2 short, with sharp, straight, widely spaced ribs.