Petalochlamys vesta (Pfeiffer, 1866)

Hwang, Chung-Chi, 2014, Annotated type catalogue of land snails collected from Taiwan (Formosa) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 428, pp. 1-28 : 12

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Ariophantidae

Petalochlamys vesta (Pfeiffer, 1866) Figure 2F

Helix vesta Pfeiffer, 1866: 828, pl. 46 fig. 9. [1865] (Apr. 1866).

Petalochlamys vesta , Matsuda 1924: 49.

Type locality.

Formosa [Taiwan] (Swinhoe)

Material examined.

Lectotype. Formosa, coll. Swinhoe, from collection of H. Cuming (NHMUK 20040580), new designation, 8.5 × 16 mm, whorls 5.5.

Remarks.

Although only one specimen is found in the NHM, it should be designated as lectotype under ICZN (1999: Rec. 73F).