Orphnus thompsoni lutea 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 : 18-19

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

Orphnus thompsoni lutea Cousin, 1887 Figs 7A, 7i

Orphnus thompsoni var. lutea Cousin 1887: 212.

Type locality.

[Ecuador, Prov. Azuay] “Cuença”.

Label.

"Cuenca Ecuador", label in Dautzenberg’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

Not given. Lectotype H 77.6, D 37.2, W 6.7.

Type material.

RBINS/MT2358, lectotype (design. n.); MT2359, five paralectotypes, ex Cousin (Dautzenberg coll.).

Remarks.

In the inventory of Cousin’s collection, a total of 11 specimens is mentioned for this variety. From among the specimens in RBINS, a lectotype is here designated and the taxon is now considered a junior subjective synonym of Bulimus thompsonii Pfeiffer, 1845 (syn. n.).

Current systematic position.

Orthalicidae , Kara thompsonii (Pfeiffer, 1845) (comb. n.).