Annotated type catalogue of the Megaspiridae, Orthalicidae, and Simpulopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London
Author
Breure, Abraham S. H.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, Leiden, the Netherlands
Author
Ablett, Jonathan D.
Natural History Museum, Division of Higher Invertebrates, London, SW 7 5 BD, UK
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Helix inca
d'Orbigny
, 1835
Figs 4iv-vi
, L8iii
Helix inca
d'Orbigny
1835
: 16;
Breure 1979
: 44.
Bulimus inca
;
d'Orbigny
1837 [1834-1847]
: 294, pl. 38 figs 6-7 [text 6 May 1838];
Gray 1854
: 18.
Strophocheilus inca
;
Pilsbry 1895 [1895-1896]
: 56, pl. 28 figs 10-11.
Thaumastus (Atahualpa) inca
;
Breure 1975
: 1139.
Type locality.
"Tutulima (republica Boliviana)".
Label.
"Tutulima, Bolivia", in
d'Orbigny's
handwriting.
Dimensions.
"Longit 72 millim., latit. 30 millim.". Figured specimen H 75.4, D 32.3, W 8.3.
Type material.
NHMUK 1854.12.4.116, lectotype and three paralectotypes (
d'Orbigny
coll.).
Remarks.
d'Orbigny
did not state on how many specimens his description was based. The lot found consists of four specimens, of which the one corresponding to
d'Orbigny's
figure is now designated lectotype (
design. n.
) to fixate the taxon, which needs further study to clarify its status; the three paralectotypes are one subadult and two juveniles. Three other specimens are in the MNHN collection (
Breure 1975
), and are thus paralectotypes.
d'Orbigny
(1838 [1834-1847]
: 295) specified the localities as follows: "deux
localites
differentes, au nord-est de la
Cordillere
orientale de Bolivia; la
premiere
fois dans le fond
d'un
ravin humide et
boise
,
pres
de Carcuata, province de Yungas,
ou
nous
n'en
avons eu
qu'un
seul exemplaire; puis au nord de Cochabamba, dans le fond du ravin de
'Tutulima'
,
d'ou
il nous a
ete
apportes par les Indiens" (see also
Breure 1973
). The current systematic position follows
Richardson (1995
: 376).
Current systematic position.
Megaspiridae
,
Thaumastus inca
(
d'Orbigny
, 1835).