Hemiphaedusa similaris (H. Adams, 1867)

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 : 9

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Clausiliidae

Hemiphaedusa similaris (H. Adams, 1867) Figure 1K

Clausilia (?) similaris H. Adams, 1867: 446, pl. 38 fig. 10. [1866] (Apr. 1867).

Hemiphaedusa similaris , Kuroda 1941: 140.

Type locality.

Formosa [Taiwan] (Swinhoe).

Material examined.

Lectotype. Formosa, from collection of H. Adams (NHMUK 1878.1.28.10/1), new designation, 17.3 × 4.8 mm, whorls 10.

Paralectotypes. Formosa, from collection of H. Adams (NHMUK 1878.1.28.10/2, 1 shell). Formosa, coll. Swinhoe (NHMUK 1866.5.9.3, 3 shells).

Remarks.

None of these type series exactly match with the illustration and measurements in Adams (1867). The specimen in the best condition is here designated as the lectotype.