Tornatellina macromphala, Ancey, 1904

Cowie, Robert H., Héros, Virginie, Yeung, Norine W. & Hayes, Kenneth A., 2016, Annotated catalogue of types of Hawaiian land and freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, with lectotype designations, Zoosystema 38 (2), pp. 245-266 : 252

macromphala Ancey, 1904 , Tornatellina

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Tornatellina macromphala Ancey, 1904a: 296 , pl. 12, figs 3, 4.

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Tornatellidinae, Tornatellides Pilsbry, 1910 (Tornatellides) . Valid species.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Syntype MNHN IM-2000-20013 (1 spm).

TYPE LOCALITY. — “Kaupakalua, Maui, Keanae, également dans l’île de Maui: Tantalus, près Honolulu, Oahu”.

REMARKS

The original description was based on more than one specimen, as it listed multiple localities and mentioned both adults and young individuals. The species was not listed by Fischer-Piette (1950: 170, 171). The figures of Ancey (1904) are not detailed but are a reasonable match to the single specimen in MNHN IM-2000-20013, but no lectotype is here designated, pending further research in other museums (BPBM, MCZ, NMW, IRSNB) holding type or possible type material ( Wood & Gallichan 2008: 61, 62). One label says “Ancey 1907”, which suggests the specimen may have been received from Ancey by MNHN after publication of the description.

Figures

FIG. 2. — Achatinellidae Gulick, 1873: A, Tornatellina macromphala Ancey, 1904, syntype MNHN IM-2000-20013, 2.6 mm, fig. 3 of Ancey (1904a); B, Auriculella pulchra Pease, 1868, lectotype MNHN IM-2000-30813, 9.5 mm; C, Auriculella uniplicata Pease, 1868, lectotype MNHN IM-2000-30814, 7.3 mm, fig. 7 of Pease (1868); D, Helix vulpina Férussac,1825,possible syntype MNHN IM-2000-30816, 18.0 mm, fig. 13 of Férussac in Quoy & Gaimard (1825). Scale bars: A-C,1 mm; D, 10 mm. Dimensions given are shell height; reproductions of original illustrations not to scale.