Orphnus thompsoni zebra Cousin, 1887

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2011, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with descriptions of two new species, ZooKeys 101, pp. 1-50 : 24

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.101.1133
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scientific name	Orphnus thompsoni zebra Cousin, 1887
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Treatment

Orphnus thompsoni zebra Cousin, 1887 Figs 7D, 7iv

Orphnus thompsoni var. zebra Cousin 1887: 212.

Type locality.

[Ecuador, Prov. Cañar] “près Azagues [sic, Azogues], sur la pente, à environs 2400m alt.".

Label.

“près Azagues sur la / pente à envir. 2400m alt."; see remarks.

Dimensions.

Not given. Lectotype H 46.4, D 25.4, W 5.4.

Type material.

RBINS/MT2375, lectotype (design. n.); MT2376, nine paralectotypes, ex Cousin (Dautzenberg coll.).

Remarks.

The original Cousin label mentions the taxon name only; the locality has been added by Dautzenberg, probably on the basis of Cousin’s paper. Several specimens are juvenile or damaged. One specimen is here designated lectotype. The taxon is considered a junior subjective synonym of Kara thompsonii (Pfeiffer, 1851) (syn. n.).

Current systematic position.

Orthalicidae , Kara thompsonii (Pfeiffer, 1851) (comb. n.).