Cyclophorus muspratti Godwin-Austen & Beddome, 1894

Nantarat, Nattawadee, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Tongkerd, Piyoros, Ablett, Jonathan, Naggs, Fred & Panha, Somsak, 2014, An annotated catalogue of type specimens of the land snail genus Cyclophorus Monfort, 1810 (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoridae) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 411, pp. 1-56 : 17

Cyclophorus muspratti Godwin-Austen & Beddome, 1894

Cyclophorus muspratti Godwin-Austen & Beddome, 1894: 506. Kobelt 1902: 101. Kobelt 1908: 662.

Type locality.

Naga Hills, and Maokokehung, Naga Hills [Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, India].

Type material.

Holotype NHMUK 1903.7.1.1427/1 from Naga Hills ( Fig. 14A; D =48.7 mm, H=36.4 mm, W=5), paratypes NHMUK 1903.7.1.1427/2-4 (3 shells: 2 adults and 1 juvenile; Fig. 14B; D =50.2 mm, H=38.1 mm, W=5; D=47.7 mm, H=38.1 mm, W=5).

Remarks.

The original description included two sets of shell measurements (the type and the largest specimen), and Godwin-Austen explicitly stated there to be a unique name-bearing type. The NHM collections contain a lot of four shells from the Godwin-Austen collection (ex. Doherty collection) and have his original handwritten label stating “Type”. The specimen with ‘type’ written on the shell most closely matches with the ‘type’ shell dimensions given in the original description and is here considered to be the holotype, the remaining three shells being paratypes.

Figures

Figure 14. Types of Cyclophorus species. A, B Cyclophorus muspratti Godwin-Austen & Beddome, 1894 A holotype NHMUK 1903.7.1.1427 / 1, and B paratype NHMUK 1903.7.1.1427 / 2 - 4.