Chamalycaeus vulcani (W. T. Blanford, 1863)

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	Chamalycaeus vulcani (W. T. Blanford, 1863)
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Treatment

Alycaeus vulcani W.T. Blanford, 1863: 323.

Alycaeus vulcani - Reeve 1878: pl. 2, species 17; Godwin-Austen 1914: 413-414, pl. 151, figs 5, 5a; Gude 1921: 221-222.

Alycaeus (Alycaeus) vulcani - Kobelt 1902: 352.

Type locality.

"on the upper portion of the isolated peak of Puppa, an extinct volcano lying ca. 40 miles E. S. E. of the town of Pu-gán in the territories of the king of Ava".

Material examined.

Ava, Burma, MCZ 135705 (1 shell, labelled as syntype); Puppadoung, ex coll. Theobald, NHMUK 1888.12.4.939-942 (4 shells, possible syntypes); Puppa, Ava, Burma, coll. H.F. Blanford, ex coll. auctoris, NHMUK (8 shells, possible syntypes); Puppa Hill, Ava, leg. Blanford, Crosse coll. 1899, Sykes coll. 1954, NHMUK (2 shells, possible syntypes).

Remarks.

Protoconch rather elevated, without spiral striation; R1 with elevated, regular, sharp ribs and without spiral striation; R2 long with widely spaced, sharp ribs.

The absence of spiral striation on the entire shell is unusual for Chamalycaeus , and characteristic for Dicharax . However, the general shell shape, the strong, equidistant ribs, and the elevated protoconch suggests that this species belongs to Chamalycaeus .

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

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