Zebra maculiferus Strebel, 1909

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2013, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin, ZooKeys 279, pp. 1-101 : 28-29

Zebra maculiferus Strebel, 1909 Figs 21G-H, 21iv

Orthalichus [sic] princeps; Martens 1893 [1890-1901]: pl. 10 fig. 6.

Zebra maculiferus Strebel 1909: 30, pl. 3 fig. 38.

Type locality.

“Costarica”.

Label.

“Costarica”, with a second, taxon label in Strebel’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"38,7 × (21,1)25,5 [H × (Dmin)Dmax in mm]"; figured specimen herein H 38.7, D 23.9, W 6.0.

Type material.

ZMB 34609, holotype; Jordan leg.

Remarks.

Strebel described this taxon on a shell, also figured by Martens, from Costa Rica. The current systematic position follows Thompson (2011), but may need revisionary work.

Current systematic position.

Orthalicidae , Orthalicus maculiferus (Strebel, 1909).

Figures

Figure 21. Orthalicus species A-D Orthalicus delphinus (Strebel, 1909) A-B, ii Holotype of Zebra delphinus intermedius Strebel, 1909 ZMB 21848 (H = 57.4) C-D, i Holotype of Zebra delphinus pumilio Strebel, 1909 ZMB 101834 (H = 39.3) E-F, iii Orthalicus zoniferus Strebel and Pfeffer, 1882, syntype of Zebra zoniferus euchrous Strebel, 1909 ZMB 28001 (H = 41.6) G-H, iv Orthalicus maculiferus (Strebel, 1909), holotype ZMB 34609 (H = 38.7).