Placostylus (Placocharis) hargravesi aukiensis W.F. Clapp, 1923

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2013, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin, ZooKeys 279, pp. 1-101 : 9

Placostylus (Placocharis) hargravesi aukiensis W.F. Clapp, 1923 Figs 9C, 9i

Placostylus (Placocharis) hargravesi aukiensis W.F. Clapp 1923: 409, fig. 49.

Eumecostylus hargravesi ; Delsaerdt 2010: 47, pl. 8 fig. 3.

Type locality.

[Solomon Islands] "Auki, Malaita Id.".

Label.

"Auki, Malaita / Solomon Ids.", in Clapp’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"G.d. 22 mm. alt. 54.5 mm"; figured specimen herein H 51.1, D 22.0, W 5.1.

Type material.

ZMB 74853, two paratypes; W.M. Mann leg..

Remarks.

Delsaerdt (2010) recently discussed the systematic position of this taxon and concurred with the opinion of Clench (1941), who synonymized it with Bulimus hargravesi Cox, 1871. The holotype is MZC 32442, first figured by Delsaerdt (2010).

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae , Eumecostylus hargravesi (Cox, 1871).

Figures

Figure 9. A-B Aspastus species A, iv Aspastus miltocheilus manugiensis (B. Rensch, 1934), paratype ZMB 78674 (H = 67.1) B, ii Aspastus miltocheilus paravicinii (B. Rensch, 1934), paratype ZMB 78795 (H = 55.9) C-E Eumecostylus species C, i Eumecostylus hargravesi (Cox, 1871), paratype of Placostylus (Placocharis) hargravesi aukiensis W. F. Clapp, 1923 ZMB 74853 (H = 51.1) D, v Eumecostylus uliginosus (Kobelt, 1891), syntype ZMB 48239 (H = 50.0) E, iii Eumecostylus phenax (W. F. Clapp, 1923), paratype ZMB 74851 (H = 81.3).