Genus-level revision of the Alycaeidae (Gastropoda, Cyclophoroidea), with an annotated species catalogue Author Pall-Gergely, Barna Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Herman Otto ut 15, Budapest, H- 1022, Hungary https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6167-7221 pallgergely2@gmail.com Author Sajan, Sheikh Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053, West Bengal, India & Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248 002, Uttarakhand, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2785-6824 Author Tripathy, Basudev Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053, West Bengal, India Author Meng, Kaibaryer National Zoological Museum of China, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Author Asami, Takahiro Department of Biology, Shinshu University, Matsumoto 390 - 8621, Japan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5706-0272 Author Ablett, Jonathan D. Mollusca Section, Invertebrates Division, Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museums, London SW 7 5 BD, United Kingdom text ZooKeys 2020 981 1 220 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.981.53583 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.981.53583 1313-2970-981-1 5194AAC86B8A473F8A41470A60182A0B 7C44C797C4125A71BAE032A55E6FA5DC Metalycaeus distinctus (Godwin-Austen, 1893) Alycaeus ingrami var. - Godwin-Austen 1871 : 91-92, pl. 4, fig. 3. Alycaeus distinctus Godwin-Austen, 1893: 592. Alycaeus distinctus - Godwin-Austen 1914: 363; Godwin-Austen 1914: 390, pl. 145, figs 3, 3a, b. Alycaeus distinctus var. - Godwin-Austen 1914: 363, pl. 137, figs 2, 2a, 2b. Alycaeus distinctus var. - Godwin-Austen 1914: 391, pl. 149, fig. 4. (2 varieties) Alycaeus (Chamalycaeus) distinctus - Gude 1921 : 226-227. Chamalycaeus (Chamalycaeus) distinctus - Ramakrishna et al. 2010: 53. Type locality. "Neighbourhood of Asalu , N. Cachar Hills". Material examined. Naga Hills, NHMUK 1903.7.1.2619 (10 syntypes); Sadia, Assam, NHMUK 1903.7.1.2620 (2 shells of " Alycaeus distinctus var."); Jatinga Valley, N. Cachar, coll. Godwin-Austen, NHMUK 1903.7.1.2576 (19 + 6 shells) (" Alycaeus distinctus var."). Remarks. Protoconch elevated, spirally striated; R1 finely, irregularly ribbed with equally strong spiral striae; R2 short, with sharp, straight, widely spaced ribs.