Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva
Author
Breure, Abraham S. H.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands. & Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. E-mail: ashbreure @ gmail. com
ashbreure@gmail.com
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Revue suisse de Zoologie
2016
2016-03-31
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.46290
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0035-418
46290
Helix
(
Cochlogena
)
rhodospira chrysostoma
S.
Moricand, 1836
Fig. 88
Helix
(
Cochlogena
)
rhodospira
var. β
chrysostoma
S.
Moricand, 1836: 428
.
Type
locality:
[
Brazil
] “environs de
Bahia
[
Salvador
]”.
Label:
“
Bahia
”, in Moricand’s handwriting.
Dimensions:
Not given; figured specimen herein H 56.4, D 34.5,
W 4.9
.
Type material:
MHNG-INVE-60161,
five syntypes
(Moricand coll.).
Remarks:
Moricand did not indicate on how many specimens this
variety was
based, nor indicated the dimensions. His taxon label reads “
Helix rhodospira
Md.
/
var. peristomata
lutea”, which corresponds to the description. The current systematic position follows
Richardson (1995)
.
Current systematic position:
Bulimulidae
,
Auris melastoma
(Swainson, 1820)
.