An annotated catalogue of type specimens of the land snail genus Cyclophorus Monfort, 1810 (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoridae) in the Natural History Museum, London
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Nantarat, Nattawadee
Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand & Biological Sciences Program, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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Sutcharit, Chirasak
Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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Tongkerd, Piyoros
Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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Ablett, Jonathan
Division of Higher Invertebrates, Natural History Museums, London, SW 7 5 BD, United Kingdom
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Naggs, Fred
Division of Higher Invertebrates, Natural History Museums, London, SW 7 5 BD, United Kingdom
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Panha, Somsak
Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
somsak.pan@chula.ac.th
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Cyclophorus siamensis (Sowerby I, 1850)
Cyclostoma siamense
Sowerby I, 1850: 158, pl. 31a, figs 292, 293.
Pfeiffer 1854a
: 323, pl. 42, figs 5, 6.
Cyclophorus siamensis
-
Reeve 1861
: sp. 19.
Kobelt 1902
: 132.
Cyclophorus khasiensis
Nevill, 1878: 273 ('new replacement
name'
).
Type locality.
Siam [Thailand].
Type material.
lLectotype (design. n.), NHMUK 20130088/1 (
Fig. 20A; D
=51.2 mm, H=40.0 mm, W=5), paralectotype NHMUK 20130088/2 (1 shell;
Fig. 20B; D
=49.8 mm, H=39.5 mm, W=5).
Remarks.
The original description as well as those in
Pfeiffer (1854a
: 323) are particularly accurate, both showing the dark banding pattern and varix on the last whorl, and both figures appear to be from the same specimen. The NHM collections contain two shells from the Cuming collection with original labels stated the taxon name, type locality and "f. 292, 293". The specimen which corresponds to the illustrations in
Sowerby I (1850)
and
Pfeiffer (1854a)
is here designated as the lectotype.
Nevill (1878
: 273) stated that
Cyclostoma siamensis
Sowerby I, 1850 occur in Khasi Hills, India not in Siam. Nevill considered this is an inappropriate taxon name, and
Cyclophorus khasiensis
Nevill, 1878 was nominated as a new replacement name based on specimens from the Godwin-Austen collection. This is however an unjustified replacement name, and therefore a junior objective synonym of
Cyclostoma siamensis
Sowerby I, 1850 (
ICZN 1999
: Arts 18, 72.7). The specimens of
Cyclophorus khasiensis
in the Godwin-Austen collection have no nomenclatural status.
It should be noted that
Kobelt (1902)
attributed the date of publication of this species in error as
"1843"
. For the correct dates of publication for "Thesaurus Conchyliorum" see
Petit (2009
: 32).