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.