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TROPICAL NATURAL HISTORY, SUPPLEMENT 4, NOVEMBER 2014
dome’s handwriting. These shells correspond
closely with the type description. We
have designated a neotype with the express
purpose of clarifying the taxonomic status of
C. kolamulliense (see the original description
by Blanford and Blanford, 1861).
Other material: 1 of the 16 remaining
shells from the above lot is also illustrated
(reg. no. NHMUK 1906.01.01.2221/2, Fig.
12E).
The NHM type collection contains 2 shells,
which were wrongly considered to be the
types of C. kolamulliense. This lot is labelled
"Kolamalai Hills, S. India" and "Sispara",
"Coll. W.T. Blanford", "114.06. 4.4" (reg. no.
NHMUK 1906.04.04.114). These shells are
minute and different in shape and sculpture
from the type description of C.
kolamulliense. The NHM register indicates
that 2 shells from the "Kolamalai Hills" were
registered under the number 1906.04.04.114.
However, the original specimens may have
been replaced by the shells of another species
subsequent to their being registered, or the
specimen data may have been entered
wrongly by Godwin-Austen, who registered
the original lot.
16. Cyathopoma latilabre Beddome, 1875
Cyathopoma latilabre Beddome, 1875,
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of
London, proceedings for 1875: 450, pl.
53, figs. 28, 29
Cyathopoma (Cyathopoma) latilabre -
Gude, 1921, FBI, Mollusca-III: 137
Distribution: endemic to the Western
Ghats. Known from the central Western
Ghats: from the Ghats of "South Canara"
and from "Wynaad".
Original locality: "South-Canara ghats", at
an elevation of 2000-3000 feet.
Type material: 3 syntypes, "S. Canara", "coll.
Col. R. Beddome", "900.12.iv.16", NHM (reg.
no. NHMUK 1912.04.16.900, "5" specimens
registered), one of which is here designated as
the lectotype (reg. no. NHMUK 1912.04.
16.900/1, Fig. 12F). One of the paralectotypes
(reg. no. NHMUK 1912.04.16.900/2, Fig.
13A) is also illustrated.
17. Cyathopoma malabaricum
(W.T. & H.F. Blanford, 1860)
Cyclotus malabaricus W.T. & H.F. Blanford,
1860, Journal of the Asiatic Society
of Bengal, 29 (2): 125
Cyathopoma (Jerdonia) malabaricum -
Gude, 1921, FBI, Mollusca-III: 148
Distribution: endemic to the Western
Ghats. Known from Pykara in the Nilgiri
Hills, central Western Ghats.
Original locality: near Pykara, Nilgiri Hills,
at an elevation of 7000 feet. Found beneath
rocks and stones on damp ground at forest
edges.
Type material: 4 syntypes (labelled "authentic")
from "Pykara, Nilgiris, S. India",
"H.F. Blanford colln., Acc. no: 1944", NHM
(reg. no. NHMUK 20110226), one of which
is here designated as the lectotype (reg. no.
NHMUK 20110226/1, Fig. 13B).
18. Cyathopoma nitidum Beddome, 1875
Cyathopoma (Jerdonia) nitidum Beddome,
1875, Proceedings of the Zoological
Society of London, proceedings for 1875:
445, pl. 52, fig. 12