Amphidromus lepidus (Gould, 1856)

Sutcharit, Chirasak, Ablett, Jonathan, Tongkerd, Piyoros, Naggs, Fred & Panha, Somsak, 2015, Illustrated type catalogue of Amphidromus Albers, 1850 in the Natural History Museum, London, and descriptions of two new species, ZooKeys 492, pp. 49-105 : 67

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Camaenidae

Amphidromus lepidus (Gould, 1856)

Bulimus lepidus Gould, 1856: 12.

Type locality.

Mergui Islands [Mergui Archipelago, Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar].

Type material.

Lectotype (design. n.), NHMUK 19601486 (Figs 2A, 10C; H=22.0 mm, W=14.0 mm).

Remarks.

Johnson (1964: 28, 29) indicated that some of the unlocated specimens from Gould’s type catalogue were probably in the NHM, since Gould presented some specimens to H. Cuming. No speceimens of Bulimus lepidus Gould, 1856 could be located by Johnson (1964: 100). There is a specimen in the NHM from the H. Cuming collection marked with “Type” and the locality "Mergui Islands" (Fig. 2A) which corresponds to the type locality, and the shell matches the measurements given in the original description (height 22.5 mm, width 12.5 mm). In addition, Fulton (1896a: 80) stated that "the type" of Bulimus lepidus is in the British Museum (now the NHM). This specimen is, therefore, considered as the syntype, and is here designated as the lectotype to stabilise the name. It is figured here for the first time since it was described.