Helix hygrohylaea d’Orbigny, 1835

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Helix hygrohylaea d’Orbigny, 1835: 18 . – Breure & Ablett, 2014: 91, figs 27D-F, L27iv.

Bulimus hygrohylaeus d’Orbigny, 1837 [1834-1847]: 311, pl. 40 figs 3-5. – Gray, 1854: 21.

Drymaeus hygrohylaeus . – Pilsbry, 1898 [1897-1898]: 194, pl. 37 figs 9-10. – Breure, 1975: 1151.

Drymaeus (Drymaeus) hygrohylaeus . – Miquel 1989b: 77, figs 3-4.

Type locality: “provincia Chiquitensi (republica Boliviana)”.

Label: “Chiquito[s]”, in Moricand’s handwriting.

Dimensions: “Longit. 41 millim., latit. 19 millim.”; figured specimen herein H 43.9, D 19.5, W 7.3.

Type material: MHNG-INVE-63469, four paralectotypes (ex d’Orbigny, Moricand coll.).

Remarks: d’Orbigny did not state on how many specimens his description was based; additional type specimens are present in NHMUK and MNHN collections; the lectotype is housed in the latter collection. The current systematic position follows the synonymisation of this taxon with Helix abyssorum d’Orbigny, 1835, by Miquel (1989b: 77); see also Breure & Ablett (2014).

Current systematic position: Bulimulidae, Drymaeus (Drymaeus) abyssorum (d’Orbigny, 1835) .