Yakuchloritis hungerfordianus (Moellendorff, 1884)

Hwang, Chung-Chi, 2014, Annotated type catalogue of land snails collected from Taiwan (Formosa) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 428, pp. 1-28 : 18

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Camaenidae

Yakuchloritis hungerfordianus (Moellendorff, 1884)

Helix hungerfordiana Moellendorff, 1884: 336-337, pl. 7 fig. 7.

Yakuchloritis hungerfordianus , Chang 1990: 36.

Type locality.

insulae Hongkong [Hongkong Islands] (Moellendorff)

Material examined.

Lectotype. Hong Kong (SMF 45429), designated by Zilch (1966b, fig. 42).

Paralectotypes. Hong Kong and Guangdung, China (SMF, 11 shells) ( Zilch 1966b).

Possible paralectotypes. Keelung, Formosa, coll. Hungerford (NHMUK 1891.3.17.5-6, 2 shells), 9.6 × 18.1 mm, whorls 5.5; 9.7 × 16.5, whorls 5.5.

Remarks.

This species was named by Nevill, in a letter to Hungerford, on the basis of the samples that Hungerford collected from Formosa; however, the species was not published until 1884 by Moellendorff. Having examined Moellendorff’s collection from Hong Kong and Guangdung ( Moellendorff 1884), I cannot find evidence of whether the lot in the NHM was actually seen by Moellendorff. Since he listed Formosa as one of the localities, I consider the specimens in the NHM to be possible paralectotypes.