Placostylus calus E.A. Smith, 1891

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2012, Annotated type catalogue of the Bothriembryontidae and Odontostomidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 182, pp. 1-70 : 7

Placostylus calus E.A. Smith, 1891 Figs 11A, 11i

Placostylus calus E.A. Smith 1891: 489, pl. 40 fig. 7.

Placostylus (Placocharis) calus (E.A. Smith) [sic, no parenthesis required]; Breure and Schouten 1985: 63 (lectotype designation).

Eumecostylus calus (E.A. Smith); Delsaerdt 2010: 44, pl. 7 figs 1-4.

Type locality.

"Solomon Islands".

Label.

"Solomon Is.", in Smith’s handwriting.

Dimensions.

"Longit. 78 millim., diam. maj. 33"; lectotype H 78, D 33.7, W 5+.

Type material.

NHMUK 1891.11.3.4, lectotype; NHMUK1891.11.3.5-6, two paralectotypes (ex Brazier).

Remarks.

The apex of the lectotype is damaged.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Eumecostylus calus (E.A. Smith, 1891).

Figures

Figure 11. Eumecostylus species. A, i Eumecostylus calus (E. A. Smith, 1891), lectotype NHM 1891.11.3.4 (H = 78.0) B, ii Eumecostylus foxi (Clench, 1941), paratype NHM 1953.2.4.1 (H = 82.3) C, iii Eumecostylus cylindricus (Fulton, 1907), lectotype NHM 1907.5.3.160 (H = 71.3).