Cycloryx bembex (Benson, 1859)

Fig. 19A–H

Alycaeus bembex Benson, 1859: 178–179 .

Alycaeus bembex – Sowerby 1877: pl. 5, species 42. — Godwin-Austen 1884: pl. 51 fig. 5.

Alycaeus (Alycaeus) bembex – Kobelt 1902: 342.

Alycaeus (Cycloryx) bembex – Godwin-Austen 1914: 346–347, pl. 147 figs 1, 1a. — Gude 1921: 275– 276.

Cycloryx bembex – Ramakrishna et al. 2010: 70.

Pincerna bembex – Páll-Gergely et al. 2020: 170.

Diagnosis

This species can be distinguished from others due to the practically smooth, conical shell, and the thin peristome.

Type material examined

INDIA • 1 syntype (Fig. 19A–D); UMZC I.102730 • 6 possible syntypes (one of them separated in a different vial and marked with a “T”); Darjiling; NHMUK 1906.4.4.44 (Fig. 19E–H). The latter lot was not considered type by Preece et al. (2022) .

Type locality

“in valle Rungun”.