Satsuma mellea (Pfeiffer, 1866)

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 : 16

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Camaenidae

Satsuma mellea (Pfeiffer, 1866) Figure 4B

Helix mellea Pfeiffer, 1866: 829-830, pl. 46 fig. 4. [1865] (Apr. 1866).

Satsuma melleum (sic.), Lai 1990: 50.

Type locality.

Formosa [Taiwan] (Swinhoe)

Material examined.

Lectotype. Formosa, coll. Swinhoe, from collection of H. Cuming (NHMUK 20040576/1), new designation, 11 × 23.2 mm, whorls 5.

Paralectotypes. Formosa, coll. Swinhoe, from collection of H. Cuming (NHMUK 20040576/2-3, 2 shells).

Remarks.

The largest specimen mostly similar to the illustration in Pfeiffer (1866) is designated as the lectotype.