Pupinopsis morrisonia H. Adams, 1872

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 : 7

Taxon classification Animalia Mesogastropoda Pupinidae

Syn. Pupinopsis morrisonia H. Adams, 1872 Figure 1H

Pupinopsis morrisonia H. Adams, 1872: 13, pl. 3 fig. 21.

Type locality.

Mount Morrison, Formosa [Mt. Yushan] (Swinhoe).

Material examined.

Lectotype of Pupinopsis morrisonia . South Formosa, coll. Swinhoe (NHMUK 1871.1.20.16/1), new designation, 12.5 × 5.3 mm, whorls 6.5. (Figure 1H).

Paralectotypes of Pupinopsis morrisonia . South Formosa, coll. Swinhoe (NHMUK1871.1.20.16/2, 1 shell). Mt. Morrison, South Formosa, from collection of H. Adams (NHMUK 1878.1.28.50, 3 shells).

Remarks.

No specimen corresponds in size with the measurements and illustration of Adams (1872). The specimen similar to the measurements and in the best condition is designated as the lectotype.