Pseudopomatias amoenus Möllendorff, 1885

Páll-Gergely, Barna, 2016, A new species of Vargapupa Páll-Gergely, 2015 and a new synonym of Pseudopomatias Möllendorff, 1885 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Pupinidae), Zootaxa 4139 (3), pp. 431-434 : 431

Pseudopomatias amoenus Möllendorff, 1885

Pseudopomatias amoenus Möllendorff, 1885 : p. 164.

Pseudopomatias amoenus var. tumidula Möllendorff, 1886 : p. 178. Fargesia cornea Heude, 1886 : p. 211, Plate 36, Figs 12, 12a. Mellaca balansai Mabille, 1899 : pp 15–16. new synonym Pseudopomatias fulvus Möllendorff, 1901 : p. 81.

Remarks: The name " Pseudopomatias balansai Mabille " was found on labels in The Natural History Museum, London. We were not aware that Mabille had described a species under this name, and speculated that the name balansai was derived from Diplommatina balansai Mabille, 1886 ( Páll-Gergely et al. 2015) . Examination of the three syntypes (MNHN IM-2000-31807, Figs 2 A–C) in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris revealed that Mellaca balansai is a synonym of Pseudopomatias amoenus Möllendorff, 1885 . Two shells had yellowish, and one reddish colouration. The smaller yellowish shell is hereby selected to be the lectotype (MNHN IM-2000-32496; Fig. 2 ).

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FIGURE 2. Lectotype (MNHN IM- 2000 - 32496, Fig. B) and paralectotypes (MNHN IM- 2000 - 31807, Figs A and C) of Mellaca balansai Mabille, 1889 (synonym of Pseudopomatias amoenus Möllendorff, 1885). Scale bar = 10 mm.