Orthalicus elegans Rolle, 1895

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2013, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin, ZooKeys 279, pp. 1-101 : 17

Orthalicus elegans Rolle, 1895 Figs 19D-E, 19iii

Orthalicus elegans Rolle 1895: 131; Neubert and Janssen 2004: 237, pl. 23 fig. 280.

Orthalichus princeps elegans ; Martens 1901 [1890-1901]: 629, pl. 44 fig. 15.

Type locality.

[Mexico] “Colima”.

Label.

"Colima / Mex", in Martens’ handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Alt. 62, diam. 28.5 (...) mm."; figured specimen herein H 61.2, D 28.5, W 5+.

Type material.

ZMB 47655, lectotype; ex Rolle.

Remarks.

Rolle did not state on how many spcimens his description was based. The top of the specimen is damaged. There is no original label in Rolle’s handwriting, but the measurements agree and Martens has marked the specimen as ‘type’ on the label. Neubert and Janssen (2004) correctly indicated that Rolle distributed more specimens under the same name, without it being clear if they were part of the original series. This being the case, I now designate the ZMB specimen as lectotype (design. n.) to define the taxon. The current systematic position is after Thompson (2011).

Current systematic position.

Orthalicidae , Orthalicus elegans Rolle, 1895.

Figures

Figure 19. A-C Liguus fasciatus (Mueller, 1774) A, v Probable syntype of Achatina blainiana Poey, 1853 ZMB 117781 (H = 39.0) B, i Paratype of Liguus fasciatus archeri Clench, 1934 ZMB 78796 (H = 51.9) C, ii Paratype of Liguus crenatus barbouri Clench, 1929 ZMB 74876 (H = 46.3) D-E, iii Orthalicus elegans Rolle, 1895, lectotype ZMB 47655 (H = 61.2) F-G, iv Orthalicus nobilis Rolle, 1895, lectotype ZMB 47656 (H = 58.8).