Achatinella helvina, Baldwin, 1895

Cowie, Robert H., Héros, Virginie, Yeung, Norine W. & Hayes, Kenneth A., 2016, Annotated catalogue of types of Hawaiian land and freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, with lectotype designations, Zoosystema 38 (2), pp. 245-266 : 256-257

helvina Baldwin, 1895 , Achatinella

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Achatinella (Laminella) helvina Baldwin, 1895: 227 , pl. 11, fig. 30.

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Amastrinae, Laminella citrina (Pfeiffer, 1848) . Valid subspecies.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Possible syntypes MNHN IM-2000-30133 (6 spms; Fig. 3H ) .

TYPE LOCALITY. — “Ohia valley, near Kaluaaha. Island of Molokai”.

REMARKS

The original description was based on multiple specimens. One label shows that the shells were received from Baldwin. Whether they are syntypes or just representative specimens is not possible to ascertain at present.

Figures

FIG. 3. — Amastridae Pilsbry, 1910: A, Helicteres antiqua Pease, 1870, lectotype MNHN IM-2000-30817, not measured; B, Helicteres balteata Pease, 1870, lectotype MNHN IM-2000-30818, 11.8 mm; C, Helicter brevicula Pease, 1869, lectotype MNHN IM-2000-30819, 7.7 mm; D, Helicteres costulosa Pease, 1870, lectotype MNHN IM-2000-30821, 14.0 mm; E, Helicter cylindrata Pease, 1869, lectotype MNHN IM-2000-30822, 8.2 mm; F, Helicter erecta Pease, 1869, lectotype MNHN IM-2000-30824, 14.6 mm; G, Helix gravida Férussac,1825, lectotype MNHN IM-2000-30825, 22.5 mm, fig. 4 of Férussac in Quoy & Gaimard (1825); H, Achatinella helvina Baldwin, 1895, possible syntype MNHN IM-2000-30133, 15.8 mm, fig. 30 of Baldwin (1895). Scale bars: A-F, 1 mm; G, 10 mm; H, 5 mm. Dimensions given are shell height; reproductions of original illustrations not to scale.