Satsuma sphaeroconus (Pfeiffer, 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 : 16-17

Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Camaenidae

Satsuma sphaeroconus (Pfeiffer, 1866) Figure 4D

Bulimus sphaeroconus Pfeiffer, 1866: 830, pl. 46 fig. 3. [1865] (Apr. 1866).

Satsuma (Coniglobus) sphaeroconus , Kuroda and Habe 1949: 59.

Type locality.

Formosa [Taiwan] (Swinhoe)

Material examined.

Lectotype. Formosa, coll. Swinhoe, from collection of H. Cuming (NHMUK 20040575/1), new designation, 23.1 × 18.5 mm, whorls 6.

Paralectotype. Formosa, coll. Swinhoe, from collection of H. Cuming (NHMUK 20040575/2, 1 shell, immature).

Remarks.

The only mature shell with a red spot is designated as the lectotype.