Metalycaeus mundulus (Godwin-Austen, 1914)

Pall-Gergely, Barna, Sajan, Sheikh, Tripathy, Basudev, Meng, Kaibaryer, Asami, Takahiro & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2020, Genus-level revision of the Alycaeidae (Gastropoda, Cyclophoroidea), with an annotated species catalogue, ZooKeys 981, pp. 1-220 : 1

Metalycaeus mundulus (Godwin-Austen, 1914)

Alycaeus mundulus Godwin-Austen, 1914: 357-358, pl. 149, fig. 8.

Alycaeus mundulus - Gude 1921: 212.

Alycaeus (Alycaeus) mundulus - Ramakrishna et al. 2010: 49; Tripathy et al. 2018: 789.

Type locality.

“Torúpútú, Dafla Hills".

Material examined.

Toruputu, Dafla Hills, leg. Godwin-Austen, NHMUK 1906.1.1.955 (holotype [single specimen mentioned in the original description]).

Remarks.

The entire shell was weathered, but the following information could be obtained: protoconch strongly elevated, some spiral striation visible near suture (all other parts are strongly weathered); R1 with regular, strong ribs and spiral striae; R2 moderately long, rib structure could not be observed.