Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with descriptions of two new species
Author
Breure, Abraham S. H.
text
ZooKeys
2011
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.101.1133
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.101.1133
1313-2970-101-1
Orphnus thompsoni nigricans Cousin, 1887
Figs 7B, 7ii
Orphnus thompsoni
var. nigricans
Cousin 1887
: 212.
Type locality.
[Ecuador, Prov. Azuay]
"Cuenca"
.
Label.
"Cuenca, Ecuador"; see remarks.
Dimensions.
Not given. Lectotype H 62.8, D 30.3, W 6.1.
Type material.
RBINS/MT2363, lectotype (design. n.); MT2364, three paralectotypes, ex Cousin (Dautzenberg coll.).
Remarks.
The original Cousin label mentions the taxon name only; the locality has been added by Dautzenberg, probably on the basis of
Cousin's
paper. One specimen was found with the Cousin label stuffed inside the aperture and is here designated lectotype. The taxon is considered a junior subjective synonym of
Bulimus thompsonii
Pfeiffer, 1845 (syn. n.).
Current systematic position.
Orthalicidae
,
Kara thompsonii
(Pfeiffer, 1845) (comb. n.).