Annotated type catalogue of land snails collected from Taiwan (Formosa) in the Natural History Museum, London
Author
Hwang, Chung-Chi
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ZooKeys
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.428.8061
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.428.8061
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Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Bradybaenidae
Acusta assimilis (H. Adams, 1866)
Figure 3B
Nanina (Acusta) assimilis
H. Adams, 1866: 316, pl. 33 fig. 1.
Acusta assimilis
,
Chang 1984
: 18.
Type locality.
Takow, Formosa [northern Qi-Jin, Kaohsiung City] (Swinhoe)
Material examined.
Lectotype. Formosa, coll. Swinhoe (NHMUK 1866.5.9.11/1), new designation, 13.7
x
19.4 mm, whorls 5.75.
Paralectotypes. Formosa, coll. Swinhoe (NHMUK 1866.5.9.11/2-3, 2 shells).
Remarks.
Adams (1866)
described the locality as Takow, Formosa, but the original label has only "Formosa". The lot NHMUK 1866.5.9.11 was first registered and labelled as "
Nanina propinqua
", then later published as
Nanina assimilis
. None of these shells exactly match with the measurements of
Adams (1866)
. The specimen in the best condition is designated as the lectotype for the stabilization of the name (
ICZN 1999
: Art. 74).