Illustrated type catalogue of Amphidromus Albers, 1850 in the Natural History Museum, London, and descriptions of two new species
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Sutcharit, Chirasak
Author
Ablett, Jonathan
Author
Tongkerd, Piyoros
Author
Naggs, Fred
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Panha, Somsak
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ZooKeys
2015
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.492.8641
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.492.8641
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Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Camaenidae
Amphidromus sinensis globosa Nevill, 1878 [nomem nudum, ICZN (1999: Art. 12)].
Amphidromus sinensis var. globosa
Nevill, 1878: 126 [nomem nudum].
Type locality.
Chittagong [now in Bangladesh].
Type material.
Original specimen NHMUK 1903.7.1.1921 (1S, H=25.1 mm, W=16.5 mm).
Remarks.
The name "
globosa
", an unavailable name, was included in this catalog in order to indicate the history of the taxon. This name was introduced without a description or indication and therefore failed to conform to the ICZN guidelines (
1999
: Art. 12) and could not be made available by
Nevill (1878)
. Later, this name was cited in
Pilsbry (1900
: 191) and
Richardson (1985
: 44). They cited this name without vaidating the taxon, and so this name could not be made available in subsequent works (
ICZN 1999
: Arts 11.5.2, 12).
We have surveyed for
Amphidromus
in western Thailand and collected a number of specimens with similar shell morphology to
Nevill's
(1878)
original specimen. It appear to be an undescribed species, therefore, we provide a species description and description of genitalia anatomy as
Amphidromus (Syndromus) globonevilli
Sutcharit and Panha, sp. n. (see description below).