Metalycaeus stylifer (Benson, 1857)

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 stylifer (Benson, 1857)
status

Treatment

Alycaeus stylifer Benson, 1857: 204.

Alycaeus stylifer - Reeve 1878: pl. 6, species 46; Godwin-Austen 1914: 344, pl. 133, figs 2-2a-c.

Alycaeus (Dicharax) stylifer - Kobelt 1902: 376-377; Gude 1921: 269-270, fig. 35.

Chamalycaeus (Dicharax) stylifer - Ramakrishna et al. 2010: 66.

Type locality.

"ad Darjiling".

Material examined.

Damsang, W. Bhutan, NHMUK 1903.7.1.1255 (1 shell); Darjeeling, UMZC I.102630 (possible holotype, photographs examined).

Remarks.

Protoconch elevated, spirally striated; R1 with irregular, weak ribs and spiral lines of comparable strength; R2 relatively short, with sharp, widely spaced ribs.

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

Kobelt, W, 1902. Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen. In Verbindung mit der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft herausgegeben von der Koeniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Mollusca: Cyclophoridae. R. Friedlaender und Sohn, Berlin, https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1000211

Reeve, LA, 1878. Monograph of the genus Alycaeus. In: Reeve LA (Ed.) Conchologica Iconica: or, Illustrations of the Shells of Molluscous Animals. Reeve and Co., London, 20: 13 pp. [+ 6 pls] https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8230573