suluanus Smith, 1894

Sutcharit, Chirasak, Ablett, Jonathan D. & Panha, Somsak, 2019, An annotated type catalogue of seven genera of operculate land snails (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoridae) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 842, pp. 1-65 : 1

85. suluanus Smith, 1894 Fig. 11K, L

Cyclotus suluanus Smith, 1894b: 56, pl. 4, fig. 7. Kobelt 1902: 195.

Current generic position.

Cyclotus Swainson, 1840

Type locality.

Sulu [Sulu Province, Philippines].

Type material.

Syntype NHMUK 1891.3.17.966-967 (2 shells; Fig. 11K, L).

Remarks.

The species description was clearly based on two specimens collected by R Hungerford and housed in the British Museum [= NHM]. The original description included an illustration and gave one set of shell measurements. The NHM collections contain a lot of two specimens with a label stating “Types”. The specimen that matches well with the illustration and shell dimensions given in the original description is figured herein (Fig. 10K).

The manuscript name "Cyclotus suluanus m." was first mentioned in Möllendorff (1890: 270) and then cited as "Cyclotus suluanus Möllf., MS." in Cooke (1892). However, these two treatments do not make this name available since they lacked description or indication as is required by the ICZN (1999: Art. 12). Smith (1894) published a complete description and illustration of this taxon, where the name was made available and therefore Smith is given authorship.