Placostylus guppyi 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 : 13

Placostylus guppyi E.A. Smith, 1891 Figs 14C, 14iii

Placostylus guppyi E.A. Smith 1891: 489, pl. 40 fig. 6; Breure and Schouten 1985: 69 (lectotype designation).

Placocharis guppyi (Smith); Delsaerdt 2010: 60, pl. 11 figs 12-13.

Type locality.

"Solomon Islands"; restricted to West Guadalcanal by Delsaerdt (2010).

Label.

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

Dimensions.

"Longit. 80 millim., diam. maj. 37"; lectotype H 80.1, D 40.1, W 5.5.

Type material.

NHMUK 1891.11.6.110, lectotype; 1891.11.6.111, paralectotype, Brazier leg.

Current systematic position.

Bothriembryontidae, Placocharis guppyi (E.A. Smith, 1891).

Figures

Figure 14. Placocharis species. A, i-ii Placocharis kreftii (Cox, 1872), lectotype NHM 20070068 (H = 54.9) i Label of the specimen presented by J. C. Cox ii Labels of the specimens originating from the Kennard collection B, v Placocharis macgillivrayi (Pfeiffer, 1855), lectotype NHM 1975232 (H = 58.5) C, iii Placocharis guppyi (E. A. Smith, 1891), lectotype NHM 1891.11.6.110 (H = 80.1) D, iv Placocharis strangei (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHM 20100652 (H = 45.9).