Aegista granti (Pfeiffer, 1866)

Hwang, Chung-Chi, 2014, Annotated type catalogue of land snails collected from Taiwan (Formosa) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 428, pp. 1-28 : 13

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Bradybaenidae

Aegista granti (Pfeiffer, 1866) Figure 2I

Helix granti Pfeiffer, 1866: 828-829, pl. 46 fig. 10. [1865] (Apr. 1866).

Aegista (Plectotropis) granti , Kuroda 1941: 147.

Type locality.

Formosa [Taiwan] (Swinhoe)

Material examined.

Lectotype. Formosa, coll. Swinhoe, from collection of H. Cuming (NHMUK 20040579), new designation, 8.9 × 14.4 mm, whorls 6.5.

Remarks.

Although only one specimen is found in the NHM, it should be designated as lectotype under ICZN (1999 Rec. 73F).