An annotated catalogue of type specimens of the land snail genus Cyclophorus Monfort, 1810 (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoridae) in the Natural History Museum, London

By

Nantarat, Nattawadee
Čhirasak Sutčharit
Tongkerd, Piyoros
Ablett, Jonathan
Naggs, Fred
Somsak Panhā‏

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

411

Pages

1-56

Subjects

biohistory , Cyclophoridae , Cyclophorus , Gastropoda , Land snails , NHM , taxonomy , Type specimens

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.411.7258

 

Abstract

The collection of land caenogastropod snails in the genus Cyclophorus Monfort, 1810 housed in the Natural History Museum, London (NHM), includes 52 type lots. Lectotypes have been designated for 41 available species-level names to stabilize existing nomenclature, three previously designated lectotype, two holotypes, one paratype, two syntypes, one possible syntype and two paralectotypes are also listed. A complete catalogue of the Cyclophorus types in NHM, London is provided for the first time.