Zebra selectus Strebel, 1909

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2013, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin, ZooKeys 279, pp. 1-101 : 43

Zebra selectus Strebel, 1909 Figs 25C-D, 25ii

Zebra selectus Strebel 1909: 37, pl. 4 figs 54, 58, 63.

Type locality.

"Trinidad (...) Coban, Guatemala".

Label.

“Trinidad”, with a second, taxon label in Strebel’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"50,5 × (25,1)32,3 [H × (Dmin)Dmax in mm]"; figured specimen herein H 50.3, D 30.4, W 6.5.

Type material.

ZMB 25568, one syntype; ex Deutsche Malakozoologische Gesellschaft Tausch-Verein.

Remarks.

Strebel described this taxon from two specimens of very different localities. The shell in the ZMB collection corresponds to Strebel’s figures 54 and 58. The current systematic position only reflects the status of this shell, as the Guatemala specimen was part of Strebel’s own collection and may have been lost. Thompson (2011) expressed his doubts if this taxon may be included in the Central American malacofauna.

Current systematic position.

Orthalicidae , Orthalicus undatus ( Bruguière, 1789).

Figures

Figure 25. Orthalicus species A-D Orthalicus undatus (Bruguiere, 1789) A-B, i Syntype of Zebra zoniferus naesiotes Strebel, 1909 ZMB 117785 (H = 53.4) C-D, ii Syntype of Zebra selectus Strebel, 1909 (H = 50.3) E-F, iii Orthalicus hackeri (Strebel, 1909), holotype of Zebra hackeri xanthus Strebel, 1909 ZMB 101833 (H = 57.4).