15 Glessula orophila (Reeve, 1849)

Fig. 10 A

Achatina orophila Reeve, 1849 a: Achatina, pl. 19, species 105. Type locality: Neilgherry Hills, India [Nilgiri Hills, India]; Colombo, Ceylon. Benson 1860: 465.

Oleacina (Electra) orophila — Adams and Adams 1855: 106.

Cionella (Glessula) orophila — von Martens 1860: 254.

Stenogyra (Glessula) orophila — Nevill 1881: 137, pl. 5, fig. 19.

Glessula orophila — Beddome 1906: 168. Pilsbry 1909: 79, pl. 10, fig. 10. Gude 1914: 423. Raheem et al. 2014: 128, fig. 83 a.

Type specimen.

The type specimen could not be located from the UMZC and the NHMUK collections (Raheem et al. 2014; Preece et al. 2022).

Other material.

NHMUK (3 shells + 2 juveniles; Fig. 10 A) ex. Blanford collection from Mahableshwar.

Diagnosis.

Shell ovate conical and regularly attenuated; spire low conical; apex rounded; subsequent whorls with very weak irregularly spaced radial ridges, and fine radial groves present. Suture shallow and whorls flattened. Last whorl large and ovate; aperture ovate; columella concave and truncated.

Distribution.

This species was first introduced from India and later reported from Sri Lanka and Pegu [Bago Region, Myanmar] (Gude 1914: 423).

Remarks.

Glessula orophila is listed in the doubtful name by Raheem et al. (2014). No Myanmar material has been examined, and only the literature record is known.