Metalycaeus inflatus (Godwin-Austen, 1874)

Pall-Gergely, Barna, Sajan, Sheikh, Tripathy, Basudev, Meng, Kaibaryer, Asami, Takahiro & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2020, Genus-level revision of the Alycaeidae (Gastropoda, Cyclophoroidea), with an annotated species catalogue, ZooKeys 981, pp. 1-220 : 1

Metalycaeus inflatus (Godwin-Austen, 1874)

Alycaeus inflatus Godwin-Austen 1874: 146, pl. 3, fig. 1.

Alycaeus (Chamalycaeus) inflatus - Kobelt 1902: 356-357; Gude 1921: 227-228.

Alycaeus inflatus - Godwin-Austen 1914: 392-393, pl. 144, figs 1b-d.

Alycaeus inflatus var. - Godwin-Austen 1914: 394, pl. 144, figs 1, 1a.

Chamalycaeus (Chamalycaeus) inflatus - Ramakrishna et al. 2010: 53.

Type locality.

"Naga Hills under Japvo Peak"; “Yémi, Phúnngum, and Gaziphimi at the head of the Lanier River".

Material examined.

Japvo Peak, 10000, Naga Hills, NHMUK 1903.7.1.2536 (3 syntypes in 2 vials).

Remarks.

Protoconch elevated, spirally striated; R1 with very weak, irregular ribs, and approximately as strong spiral lines; R2 relatively long, with sharp, straight, widely spaced ribs.