Dicharax conicus jatingaensis Pall-Gergely, 2020

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

Dicharax conicus jatingaensis Pall-Gergely nom. nov.

Alycaeus conicus var. nanus Godwin-Austen, 1914: 388, pl. 138, figs 6, 6a, 6b. (non Alycaeus nanus Möllendorff, 1886)

Alycaeus conicus var. nana - Gude 1921: 208.

Type locality.

"Jatinga Valley, North Cachar Hills".

Material examined.

Jatinga valley, N. Cachar, NHMUK 1903.7.1.2675 (12 syntypes); Khasi Hills, NHMUK 1903.7.1.2565 (1 shell, included with type lot, but not mentioned in the original description and not considered as part of the type series).

Etymology.

The replacement name ( jatingaensis ) refers to the type locality (Jatinga Valley).

Remarks.

Protoconch low, glossy, no spiral lines visible; R1 also glossy without spiral lines; R2 relatively short, with regular ribs; each rib has a lamella-like horizontal projection towards their anterior neighbours.

Alycaeus conicus var. nanus Godwin-Austen, 1914 is a primary homonym of Alycaeus nanus Möllendorff, 1886 (treated as a synonym of A. diminutus ). Both taxa have been used as valid with this combination after 1899, thus, a replacement name is given to the junior homonym.