Cyclophorus exaltatus (Pfeiffer, 1855)

Nantarat, Nattawadee, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Tongkerd, Piyoros, Ablett, Jonathan, Naggs, Fred & Panha, Somsak, 2014, An annotated catalogue of type specimens of the land snail genus Cyclophorus Monfort, 1810 (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoridae) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 411, pp. 1-56 : 9

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.411.7258
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scientific name	Cyclophorus exaltatus (Pfeiffer, 1855)
status

Treatment

Cyclostoma (Cyclophorus) exaltatum Pfeiffer, 1855b [1854]: 300.

Cyclophorus exaltatus - Kobelt 1902: 138. Kobelt 1908: 625.

Type locality.

Hong Kong, China.

Type material.

Lectotype (design. n.), NHMUK 1980041/1 ( Fig. 7A; D View Figure 7 =25.1 mm, H=25.3 mm, W=5), paralectotypes NHMUK 1980041/2-3 (2 shells; Fig. 7B; D View Figure 7 =24.6 mm, H=24.4 mm, W=5 and D=23.3 mm, H=23.4 mm, W=5).

Remarks.

The NHM type lot was collected by Mr. Fortune and is from Cuming’s collection as stated in the original description. It has an original label in Pfeiffer’s handwriting giving the species name and collection locality. The specimen that most closely matches measurements given in the original description is here designated as the lectotype.

References

Kobelt, W, 1902. Cyclophoridae. Das Tierreich 16: 1 - 662

Kobelt, W, 1907-1908 1907 1908. . Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Dritte Abteilung. Cyclophoridae I 1 (19): 401 - 608

Figures

Figure 7. Types of Cyclophorus species. A, B Cyclophorus exaltatus (Pfeiffer, 1855) A lectotype NHMUK 1980041 / 1, and B paralectotype NHMUK 1980041 / 2 - 3 C, D Cyclophorus excellens (Pfeiffer, 1855) C lectotype NHMUK 20130084 / 1, and D paralectotype NHMUK 20130084 / 2 E, F Cyclophorus expansus (Pfeiffer, 1853) E lectotype NHMUK 20130086 / 1, and F paralectotype NHMUK 20130086 / 2 - 3.