Metalycaeus (?) magnificus (Godwin-Austen, 1914)

Pall-Gergely, Barna, Sajan, Sheikh, Tripathy, Basudev, Meng, Kaibaryer, Asami, Takahiro & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2020, Genus-level revision of the Alycaeidae (Gastropoda, Cyclophoroidea), with an annotated species catalogue, ZooKeys 981, pp. 1-220 : 1

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scientific name	Metalycaeus (?) magnificus (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
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Metalycaeus (?) magnificus (Godwin-Austen, 1914) Fig. 31B View Figure 31

Alycaeus (Raptomphalus) magnificus Godwin-Austen, 1914: 366, pl. 156, figs 1, 1a, 1b.

Alycaeus (Raptomphalus) magnificus - Gude 1921: 288.

Chamalycaeus (Raptomphalus) magnificus - Ramakrishna et al. 2010: 69.

Type locality.

"Yamne valley, Abor Hills".

Material examined.

Yamney Valley, Abor Hills, NHMUK 1903.7.1.3115 (1 syntype).

Remarks.

The entire shell weathered, but the following observations could be made. Protoconch rather elevated, some spiral striae are recognisable near the suture; R1 without visible spiral lines; R2 short, very densely ribbed, but the fine morphology of the ribs could not be seen.

References

Gude, GK, 1921. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Mollusca. III. Land operculates (Cyclophoridae, Truncatellidae, Assimineidae, Helicinidae). Taylor and Francis, London, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12890

Figures

Figure 31. Type species of alycaeid genus-group taxa A Alycaeus melanopoma Pilsbry, 1900 (synonym of Chamalycaeus nipponensis (Reinhardt, 1877 )), lectotype (ANSP 78815; type species of Metalycaeus); B Metalycaeus magnificus (Godwin-Austen, 1914), syntype (NHMUK 1903.7.1.3115; type species of Raptomphalus). Photographs: downloaded from the website of ANSP (A), Harold Taylor (B).