Orthalichus maclurae Martens, 1893

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2013, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin, ZooKeys 279, pp. 1-101 : 28

Orthalichus maclurae Martens, 1893 Figs 23A-C, 23i

Orthalichus [sic] maclurae Martens 1893 [1890-1901]: 188, pl. 11 figs 1-3.

Orthalicus maclurae ; Pilsbry 1899: 125, pl. 21 figs 40-42.

Zebra maclurae ; Strebel 1909: 69, pl. 13 figs 193, 198.

Type locality.

"N.W. Nicaragua: Cacao, in the Bay of Fonseca, on trees of the yellow-wood, Maclura aurantiaca , fam. Moreae (Capt. Joh. Sch ä ffer)".

Label.

"Cacao, Bay v. Fonseca / Nicaragua Capt. Joh. Schäffer / Borcherding", in Martens’ handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Long. 52, diam. 29 (...) millim."; largest figured specimen herein H 49.0, D 29.6, W 6.2.

Type material.

ZMB 48202, four syntypes. ZMB 109889, five (juvenile) syntypes.

Remarks.

Martens (1893 [1890-1901]) wrote "Owing to the kindness of Fr. Borcherding, Vegesack, Bremen, I have before me twenty-two specimens (...)". Of the three specimens ZMB 48202a, one correspond to Martens "var. a", and one to "var. b" (pl. 11 fig. 2); ZMB 48202b is one specimen, corresponding to pl. 11 fig. 1 ("var. c"). According to the register book these specimens have been acquired by exchange, but it is not known with whom or which institution. The current systematic position is following Thompson (2011).

Current systematic position.

Orthalicidae , Orthalicus maclurae Martens, 1893.

Figures

Figure 23. Orthalicus species A-E Orthalicus maclurae Martens, 1893 A-C, i Syntypes (A ZMB 48202 a " var. b ", B-C ZMB 48202 b) (H = A 49.0, B-C 48.5) D-E, ii Syntype of Zebra maclurae turrita Strebel, 1909 ZMB 101829 (H = 56.2) F-G, iii Orthalicus richardsoni (Strebel, 1909), syntype ZMB 101831 (H = 47.1).