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Issue: Vol. 4247 No. 1: 24 Mar. 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-03-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.1.8
Page range: 65–67
Abstract views: 66
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Clarification of the identity of Helicina mediana Gassies, 1870 from New Caledonia (Gastropoda, Neritimorpha, Helicinidae)

Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany.
Mollusca Gastropoda Neritimorpha Helicinidae

Abstract

The identity of Helicina mediana Gassies, 1870 was clarified by the study of the type material and the selection of a lectotype. It is currently classified as Sturanya mediana (Gassies, 1870) and replaces the temporarily applied name Sturanya novaecaledoniae (Baird, 1873) for the medium sized helicinid species widely spread in the north-eastern part of mainland New Caledonia and the adjacent Îles Belep. The latter name and Helicina nehoueensis Hartman 1889 are synonyms of S. mediana.

 

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