Platyrhaphe swinhoei (H. Adams, 1866)

Hwang, Chung-Chi, 2014, Annotated type catalogue of land snails collected from Taiwan (Formosa) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 428, pp. 1-28 : 4

Taxon classification Animalia Mesogastropoda Cyclophoridae

Platyrhaphe swinhoei (H. Adams, 1866) Figure 1C

Cyclotus swinhoei H. Adams, 1866: 318, pl. 33 fig. 9.

Platyrhaphe swinhoei , Kobelt and Moellendorff 1897: 116.

Type locality.

Takow, Formosa [northern Qi-Jin, Kaohsiung City] (Swinhoe)

Material examined.

Lectotype. Formosa, coll. Swinhoe (NHMUK 1866.5.9.7/1, new designation, 6.8 × 11.6 mm, whorls 4.5.

Paralectotype. Formosa, coll. Swinhoe (NHMUK 1866.5.9.7/2, 1 shell). Formosa, from collection of H. Adams (NHMUK 1878.1.28.231, 1 shells)

Remarks.

Adams (1866) described the locality as Takow, Formosa. However, this species was not actually collected there. I think Swinhoe and Adams used Takow to designate the area presently known as Kaohsiung City ( Wu et al. 2008; also see remarks for Oospira formosensis (Adams, 1866)). The largest specimen corresponds well in size with the measurements of Adams (1866). It is here selected as the lectotype.