Placostylus (Maoristylus) whareana Powell, 1951

Breure, Abraham S. H., 2011, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Royal Belgian Institute of Sciences, Brussels, with descriptions of two new species, ZooKeys 101, pp. 1-50 : 24

Placostylus (Maoristylus) whareana Powell, 1951 Figs 8C, 8iii

Placostylus (Maoristylus) ambagiosus whareana Powell 1951: 135, pl. 28 fig. 2.

Type locality.

"Whareana, east coast between Waikuku Beach and Parengarenga".

Label.

"Whareana Valley, S. of North Cape".

Dimensions.

"Height 79.5 mm. Diameter 35.0 mm."; figured specimen H 65.9, D 30.7, W 7.0.

Type material.

RBINS/MT376, one paratype, ex L. Germain.

Remarks.

The label reads “paratypes”, but only one specimen was found.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae , Placostylus ambagiosus (Suter, 1906).