brevispira von Martens, 1897

Vinarski, Maxim V., 2016, Annotated type catalogue of lymnaeid snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the collection of the Natural History Museum, Berlin, Zoosystematics and Evolution 92 (1), pp. 131-152 : 132

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.92.8107
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2589CECE-F1F5-4D0F-AC4E-F032A70FB03F
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scientific name	brevispira von Martens, 1897
status

Treatment

Taxon classification Animalia Hygrophila Lymnaeidae

brevispira von Martens, 1897 Fig. 6

Limnaea brevispira von Martens 1897a: 2, pl. 1, figs 1, 2; pl. 13, figs 1, 3.

Lymnaea brevispira Hubendick 1951: 165, fig. 356.

Lymnaea brevispira Kilias 1961: 163.

Type material.

A single specimen is kept in ZMB under accession number 101157. The original description of the species was based on this single specimen ( von Martens 1897a) and thus this specimen must be regarded as the holotype by monotypy.

Holotype dimensions.

WN 2.50; SH 10.9; SW 9.5; SpH 1.2; BWH 10.4; AH 9.6; SW 6.8.

Type locality.

Indonesia, Sumatra Island, Manindjau Lake.

Current taxonomic allocation.

This is valid species with unclear generic position. It may belong to either genus Austropeplea Cotton, 1942 or to the genus Bullastra Bergh, 1901.