Helix luteola Férussac
Achatina luteola
Deshayes 1851: 195
Amastra
Annotated catalogue of types of Hawaiian land and freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, with lectotype designations
Cowie, Robert H.
Héros, Virginie
Yeung, Norine W.
Hayes, Kenneth A.
Zoosystema
2016
2016-06-30
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Ferussac, 1825
Ferussac
1825
[297,540,1873,1900]
Gastropoda
Helicidae
Helix
Animalia
Stylommatophora
12
257
Mollusca
species
luteola
( Fig. 4B)
Helix luteolaFérussac inQuoy & Gaimard, 1825: 480. Achatina luteola– Deshayes 1851: 195, pl. 155, fig. 12. CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Amastrinae, Amastra. Valid species.
TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype(monotypy) MNHNIM-2000-30829. TYPELOCALITY. — “probable qu’elle vient des îles Mariannes” (probably came from the Mariana Islands; error, correctly the Hawaiian Islands).
REMARKS Férussac inQuoy & Gaimard (1825: 480) stated “Elle a été trouvée par M. Gaudichaud. II est probable qu’elle vient des îles Mariannes. Nous n’avons vu qu’un exemplaire”. The holotypewas thus fixed by monotypy ( ICZN 1999, art. 73.1.2). The labels of MNHN IM-2000-30829, one of which is a black-bordered label typical of the Férussac collection, indicate that the single specimen was received from “Gaudicho”, confirming that it was obtained by the Freycinet expedition, as Gaudichaud served as botanist on the voyage. This Férussac label also gives the Iles Mariannesas the locality. However, as an amastrid, a family endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, it could not have come from the Mariana Islands, and was no doubt obtained during the expedition’s time in the Hawaiian Islands in 1819 (Freycinet 1839: 518). The specimen closely matches that treated and illustrated by Deshayes (1851: 195, pl. 155, fig. 12). It is therefore considered here to be the holotype.
[813,1456,263,287]
MNHN
12
257
1
holotype
Northern Mariana Islands
Hawaiian Islands
12
257
1
holotype