Revision of the Alycaeidae of China, Laos and Vietnam (Gastropoda: Cyclophoroidea) I: The genera Dicharax and Metalycaeus
Author
Asami, Takahiro
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-10-11
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journal article
31855
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Metalycaeus
(?)
elevatus
(
Heude, 1886
)
FIGUrE
69I
.
Alycaeus elevatus
Heude, 1886
: 210
.
Alycaeus elevatus
—
Heude, 1890
: 129
, pl. 36, fig. 19.
Alycaeus
(
Chamalycaeus
)
elevatus
—
Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1897
: 148
.
Alycaeus
(
Chamalycaeus
)
elevatus
—
Kobelt, 1902
: 355
.
Types
.
NO
TypE
spECImENs wErE rEpOrTEd by
JOHNsON (1973)
.
Type locality.
"TCHEN-k'EOU".
Original description.
"TEsTa dIsCOIdEO-TrOCHOIdEa, LaTE UmbILICaTa, spIra apICULaTa, aNfraCTIbUs qUaTUOr,
LENTE
aCCrEsCENTIbUs, sUTUra sUbsCaLarI jUNCTIs, ULTImO
LONGE
CONsTrICTO, TUbO sUTUraLI brEvIssImO sECUNdUm dIamETrUm, sEU sECUNdI aNfraCTIbUs aeqUaNTE; apErTUrE ObLIqUa, pErIsTOmaTE dILaTaTO, rEpaNdO, vIx rEfLExIsCULO.—OpErCULO? – DIam. 5; aLTIT. 4 mILLIm."
Remarks.
THIs spECIEs Is CHaraCTErIzEd by aN ELEvaTEd spIrE, sHOrT R2 aNd wIdE apErTUrE. THE drawING aNd THE dEsCrIpTION Of
A. elevatus
Is
sImILar TO
Metalycaeus muciferus
dUE TO THE sHOrT R2, THE R3 wITHOUT swELLING, aNd THE LaCk Of THE CONsTrICTION bETwEEN R2 aNd R3. THErEfOrE, IT prObabLy bELONGs TO THE GENUs
Metalycaeus
.