Cyclophorus spironema (Pfeiffer, 1855)

Nantarat, Nattawadee, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Tongkerd, Piyoros, Ablett, Jonathan, Naggs, Fred & Panha, Somsak, 2014, An annotated catalogue of type specimens of the land snail genus Cyclophorus Monfort, 1810 (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoridae) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 411, pp. 1-56 : 23

Cyclophorus spironema (Pfeiffer, 1855)

Cyclostoma (Cyclophorus) spironema Pfeiffer, 1855a [1854]: 127.

Cyclophorus spironema - Kobelt 1902: 104.

Type locality.

India.

Type material.

Lectotypes (design. n.), NHMUK 20130083/1 ( Fig. 21A; D =27.9 mm, H=19.8 mm, W=4), paralectotypes NHMUK 20130083/2-3 (2 shells; Fig. 21B; D =26.8 mm, H=21.4 mm, W=4; D=28.2 mm, H=20.9 mm, W=4).

Remarks.

This species was described based on specimens from the Cuming collection. The NHM collections contain three shells from the Cuming collection with an original label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting giving the taxon name and collection locality. The specimen figured in Gude (1921: 55, 56, fig. 13) does not constitute a lectotype designation; as Gude did not select a particular syntype to be the unique name-bearing type ( ICZN 1999: Art. 74.3). We here designate the specimen figured in Gude (1921: fig. 13) as the lectotype.

Figures

Figure 21. Types of Cyclophorus species. A, B Cyclophorus spironema (Pfeiffer, 1855) A lectotypes NHMUK 20130083 / 1, and B paralectotype NHMUK 20130083 / 2 - 3 C Cyclophorus subblaevigatus Blanford, 1869, lectotype NHMUK 196550 D Cyclophorus taeniatus (Pfeiffer, 1855), lectotype NHMUK 20130120 E Cyclophorus talboti Godwin-Austen, 1889, lectotype NHMUK 1889.12.7.7.