Clarification on the name-bearing type designation of several cyclophorid species (Mollusca, Gastropoda) by H. H. Godwin-Austen (1915)
Author
Jirapatrasilp, Parin
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5591-6724
Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Author
Ablett, Jonathan D.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7277-1934
Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, SW 7 5 BD, UK
Author
Panha, Somsak
Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand & Academy of Science, The Royal Society of Thailand, Bangkok 10300, Thailand
Author
Sutcharit, Chirasak
Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
jirasak4@yahoo.com
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ZooKeys
2021
2021-07-16
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1049.66842
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1049.66842
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14.
Spiraculum minimum Godwin-Austen, 1915
Spiraculum minimum
Godwin-Austen, 1915: 501, 502, pl. 40, fig. 2, 2a-c.
Pearsonia minima
-
Sutcharit et al. 2019
: 40, fig. 9b, c.
Type material.
Lectotype
NHMUK 1903.7.1.3145/1 (
Sutcharit et al. 2019
: fig. 9b).
Paralectotypes
NHMUK 1903.7.1.3145/2-3 (2 shells;
Sutcharit et al. 2019
: fig. 9c) and NHMUK 1903.7.1.3147 (2 shells) from Sibbum, Abor Hills; NZSI M.6142 (1 shell) and NZSI M.6143 (1 shell) from Jeku, Abor Hills.
The type series of this species comprises four specimen lots. Only two specimen lots, "No. 6142-43 Ind. Mus.", which were explicitly stated to contain two specimens from "Jeku, Abor Hills", were mentioned in the
"Type"
paragraph, and one of these two specimens was figured and marked as
"Type"
in the plate caption. In contrast, the remaining lots were mentioned in the body of the text of subsequent paragraphs. This could mean that
Godwin-Austen (1915)
selected specimen lots "No. 6142-43 Ind. Mus." as onomatophores. However, without any explicit holotype designation or equivalent expression, all specimens of the type series are automatically syntypes with equal status in being name-bearing types. Thus, the designation of the lectotype from lot NHMUK 1903.7.1.3145, labelled as
"Typical"
in
Godwin-Austen's
handwriting (Fig.
6C
), by
Sutcharit et al. (2019)
is valid under the Code, although this action contradicted the intention of the onomatophore designation by
Godwin-Austen (1915)
. The type locality of this taxon is restricted to "Sibbum, Abor Hills".