Metalycaeus vinctus (Pilsbry, 1902)

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 vinctus (Pilsbry, 1902)
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Alycaeus vinctus Pilsbry, 1902a: 53-54.

Chamalycaeus vinctus - Azuma 1982: 10, pl. 3, fig. 30; Minato 1988: 15, pl. 3, figs 5, 6.

Metalycaeus vinctus - Páll-Gergely and Asami 2017: 12-14, figs 1A; 2B, D, F; 3B, D, F; 4B, D, F; 6C, D, F; 7E, G.

Type locality.

"Tanegashima, Osumi".

Material examined.

ANSP 83291 (lectotype, designated by Baker 1964, photographs examined); for other examined specimens see Páll-Gergely and Asami (2017).

Remarks.

Protoconch elevated, consists of 1.5 whorls, spirally striated except for the first 0.5 whorl which is smooth; R2 with ca. 18 ribs, which are relatively far from each other even close to the suture; the ribs are low, but all available shells were somewhat weathered.

References

Azuma, M, 1982. Colored Illustrations of the Land Snails of Japan. Hoikusha, Osaka, [xv +] 333 pp. [pls 1-64]

Baker, B, 1964. Type land snails in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Part III. Limnophile and Thalassophile Pulmonata Part IV. land and fresh-water Prosobranchia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 116: 149 - 193

Minato, H, 1988. A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. H. Minato, Shirahama X

Pall-Gergely, B, Asami, T, 2017. A new species of Metalycaeus hitherto undistinguished from M. vinctus (Pilsbry, 1902). Venus 75 (1-4): 1 - 16