nevilli (Godwin-Austen, 1876)

Sutcharit, Chirasak, Ablett, Jonathan D. & Panha, Somsak, 2019, An annotated type catalogue of seven genera of operculate land snails (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoridae) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 842, pp. 1-65 : 1

71. nevilli (Godwin-Austen, 1876) Fig. 9J, K

Spiraculum nevilli Godwin-Austen, 1876: 174, 175, pl. 7, figs 2, 2a.

Pearsonia nevilli - Kobelt 1902: 174, 175. Kobelt 1911: 765, 766, pl. 112, figs 1, 2.

Current generic position.

Pearsonia Kobelt, 1902

Type locality.

near Dihiri Parbat, on the outer sandstone range [Hari Parbat, Srinagar District, Jammu and Kashmir State, India].

Type material.

Lectotype (design. n.) NHMUK 1903.7.1.2775/1 (Fig. 9J) and paralectotype NHMUK 1903.7.1.2775/2 (1 shell; Fig. 9K).

Remarks.

The species description clearly stated that the taxon was based on two specimens from Dihiri Parbat. An illustration and one set of measurements were given in the original description. The NHM type collection contains one lot, consisting of two shells with Godwin-Austen’s handwritten label stating “Type”. The specimen figured in the original description that is closest to the given measurements is here designated as the lectotype to stabilise the name.

Godwin-Austen (1915: 497, 498) also recognised two varieties as “var.” and "var. large". Nevertheless, these two varietal names have never been made available. There are two lots of specimens labeled as “var.” and "var. large" housed in the NHM general collections, NHMUK 1903.7.1.3531 (3 shells) and NHMUK 1903.7.1.3089 (4 shells) respectively. They are excluded from the type series of this nominal species ( ICZN 1999: Art. 72.4.1).