Prestonella quadingensis Connolly, 1929

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2012, Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 182, pp. 1-70 : 20

Prestonella quadingensis Connolly, 1929 Figs 6G-I, 6ii

Prestonella quadingensis Connolly 1929: 233, pl. 14 fig. 25; Herbert 2007: 13 figs 14-16.

Type locality.

[Lesotho, Quthing] "Basutoland, Quading".

Label.

“Quading”.

Dimensions.

"Long. 12.3, lat. 7.3 mm"; specimen figured herein H 11.42, D 7.85, W 4.2.

Type material.

NHMUK 1937.12.30.7079-7080, two paratypes, E. Ford leg.

Remarks.

See Herbert (2007) for a discussion on the taxonomic status of this species.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Prestonella quadingensis Connolly, 1929.

Figures

Figure 6. Prestonella species. A-C, i Prestonella bowkeri (Sowerby, 1890), lectotype NHM 1889.11.4.9 (H = 19.6) D-F, iii Prestonella nuptialis (Melvill and Ponsonby, 1894), holotype NHM 1905.1.26.29 (H = 14.6) G-I, ii Prestonella quadingensis Connolly, 1929, paratype NHM 1937.12.30.7079 (H = 11.4).