Illustrated type catalogue of Amphidromus Albers, 1850 in the Natural History Museum, London, and descriptions of two new species

Chirasak Sutcharit; Jonathan Ablett; Piyoros Tongkerd; Fred Naggs; Somsak Panha

doi:10.3897/zookeys.492.8641

Illustrated type catalogue of Amphidromus Albers, 1850 in the Natural History Museum, London, and descriptions of two new species

Zookeys. 2015 Mar 30:(492):49-105. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.492.8641. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Chirasak Sutcharit¹, Jonathan Ablett², Piyoros Tongkerd¹, Fred Naggs¹, Somsak Panha¹

Affiliations

¹ Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
² Division of Higher Invertebrates, Natural History Museums, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom.

Abstract

The collection of the Southeast Asian tree snail genus Amphidromus Albers, 1850 at the Natural History Museum, London includes more than 100 lots of type specimens representing 85 name-bearing types, 9 paratypes and 6 paralectotypes, and one nomen nudum. Lectotypes are here designated for Amphidromuscambojiensis, Amphidromusperakensisglobosus, Amphidromuscolumellarisgloriosa, Amphidromusmaculiferusinflata, Amphidromuslepidus, Amphidromussinistralislutea, Amphidromusmoniliferus, Amphidromusmaculiferusobscura, Amphidromussinistralisrosea and Amphidromussinensivicaria. In addition, the missing types of A.A. Gould were discovered and their type status is discussed. A complete catalogue of these types, including colour photographs is provided for the first time. After examining these type specimens, two new Amphidromus species, Amphidromus (Syndromus) globonevilli Sutcharit & Panha, sp. n. and Amphidromus (Syndromus) principalis Sutcharit & Panha, sp. n. were recognized and are described herein.

Keywords: NHM; Southeast Asia; Tree snails; molluscs; systematics; taxonomy; type specimen.