Metalycaeus vinctus (Pilsbry, 1902)

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

Metalycaeus vinctus (Pilsbry, 1902)

Alycaeus vinctus Pilsbry, 1902a: 53-54.

Chamalycaeus vinctus - Azuma 1982: 10, pl. 3, fig. 30; Minato 1988: 15, pl. 3, figs 5, 6.

Metalycaeus vinctus - Páll-Gergely and Asami 2017: 12-14, figs 1A; 2B, D, F; 3B, D, F; 4B, D, F; 6C, D, F; 7E, G.

Type locality.

"Tanegashima, Osumi".

Material examined.

ANSP 83291 (lectotype, designated by Baker 1964, photographs examined); for other examined specimens see Páll-Gergely and Asami (2017).

Remarks.

Protoconch elevated, consists of 1.5 whorls, spirally striated except for the first 0.5 whorl which is smooth; R2 with ca. 18 ribs, which are relatively far from each other even close to the suture; the ribs are low, but all available shells were somewhat weathered.