Oospira swinhoei (Pfeiffer, 1866)

Hwang, Chung-Chi, 2014, Annotated type catalogue of land snails collected from Taiwan (Formosa) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 428, pp. 1-28 : 10

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Clausiliidae

Oospira swinhoei (Pfeiffer, 1866) Figure 2B

Clausilia swinhoei Pfeiffer, 1866: 830, pl. 46 fig. 11. [1865] (Apr. 1866).

Oospira (Formosana) swinhoei , Nordsieck 1997: 11.

Type locality.

Formosa [Taiwan] (Swinhoe)

Material examined.

Lectotype. Formosa, coll. Swinhoe, from collection of H. Cuming (NHMUK 20040583/1), new designation, 35.0 × 8.1 mm, whorls 10.

Paralectotypes. Formosa, coll. Swinhoe, from collection of H. Cuming (NHMUK 20040583/2-3, 2 shells).

Remarks.

The original description gives a range of shell dimensions. The largest specimen is designated as the lectotype.