Orthalicus princeps fischeri 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 : 19-20

Orthalicus princeps fischeri Martens, 1893 Figs 20C-D, 20ii

Orthalicus princeps Broderip; Fischer and Crosse 1874 [1870-1878]: pl. 18 fig. 2b [figure only].

Orthalichus [sic] princeps fischeri Martens 1893 [1890-1901]: 183 [not pl. 10 fig. 7].

Zebra crosseifischeri Strebel 1909: 27, pl. 1 fig. 4, pl. 2 fig. 17.

Type locality.

"W. Guatemala: El Reposo and San Isidro near Mazatenango ( Champion )".

Label.

"El Reposo Guatemala" [ZMB 109950], "S[an] Isidro Guatemala" [ZMB 109951], taxon label in Martens’ handwriting.

Dimensions.

Not given; figured specimen herein H 60.0, D 35.9, W 6.3.

Type material.

ZMB 109950, one syntype. ZMB 109951, one syntype; both Champion leg.

Remarks.

Martens did not mention the number of specimens his description was based upon. The specimens found in the ZMB collection do not confirm to the figure given in Martens (1893 [1890-1901]). Both have later been re-identified by Strebel: ZMB 109950 is figured in Strebel 1909: pl. 2 fig. 23 as Zebra fischeri ; ZMB 109951 on pl. 2 fig. 17 as Zebra crossei-fischeri . The latter taxon was introduced by Strebel (1909: 27) as a new species, but from his text it is clear that he based himself on the same specimen which Martens (1893 [1890-1901]) regarded as his Orthalichus fischeri . The name Zebra crosseifischeri Strebel, 1909 is thus an objective synonym of Orthalicus fischeri Martens, 1893 (syn. n.). See also under Zebra crosseifischeri Strebel, 1909, page 17. The current systematic position follows Thompson (2011).

Current systematic position.

Orthalicidae , Orthalicus princeps fischeri Martens, 1893.

Figures

Figure 20. Orthalicus species A-D Orthalicus princeps fischeri Martens, 1893 A-B, i Syntype ZMB 109951 (= holotype of Zebra crosseifischeri Strebel, 1909) (H = 50.2) C-D, ii Syntype ZMB 109950 (H = 60.0) E-F, iii Orthalicus gruneri (Strebel, 1909), holotype ZMB 117783 (H = 57.4).