Helix inca d'Orbigny , 1835

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2015, Annotated type catalogue of the Megaspiridae, Orthalicidae, and Simpulopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 470, pp. 17-143 : 30

Helix inca d'Orbigny, 1835 Figs 4iv-vi, L8iii

Helix inca d’Orbigny 1835: 16; Breure 1979: 44.

Bulimus inca ; d’Orbigny 1837 [1834-1847]: 294, pl. 38 figs 6-7 [text 6 May 1838]; Gray 1854: 18.

Strophocheilus inca ; Pilsbry 1895 [1895-1896]: 56, pl. 28 figs 10-11.

Thaumastus (Atahualpa) inca ; Breure 1975: 1139.

Type locality.

"Tutulima (republica Boliviana)".

Label.

"Tutulima, Bolivia", in d’Orbigny’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Longit 72 millim., latit. 30 millim.". Figured specimen H 75.4, D 32.3, W 8.3.

Type material.

NHMUK 1854.12.4.116, lectotype and three paralectotypes ( d’Orbigny coll.).

Remarks.

d’Orbigny did not state on how many specimens his description was based. The lot found consists of four specimens, of which the one corresponding to d’Orbigny’s figure is now designated lectotype (design. n.) to fixate the taxon, which needs further study to clarify its status; the three paralectotypes are one subadult and two juveniles. Three other specimens are in the MNHN collection ( Breure 1975), and are thus paralectotypes. d’Orbigny (1838 [1834-1847]: 295) specified the localities as follows: "deux localités differentes, au nord-est de la Cordillère orientale de Bolivia; la première fois dans le fond d’un ravin humide et boisé, près de Carcuata, province de Yungas, où nous n’en avons eu qu’un seul exemplaire; puis au nord de Cochabamba, dans le fond du ravin de ‘Tutulima’, d’où il nous a été apportes par les Indiens" (see also Breure 1973). The current systematic position follows Richardson (1995: 376).

Current systematic position.

Megaspiridae , Thaumastus inca ( d’Orbigny, 1835).