Diplommatina abbreviata Heude, 1890

Diplommatina abbreviata Heude, 1890: 131, pl. 36, fig. 21. – Yen, 1939: 32, pl. 2, fig. 51.

Type material.

Lectotype, HMT 232 a (Figs 5 A, 12 A), designated herein; six paralectotypes HMT 232 b, paralectotype USNM 472301, 5 paralectotypes MCZ 167234.

Type locality.

“ Tchen-kou, Szechwan ” [Chengkou, Chongqing City].

Brief description.

Shell dextral, with about 6 whorls. Protoconch smooth. Penultimate whorl slightly expanded, body whorls nearly as wide. Constriction at slight right of parietal wall. No spiral striation visible. Teleoconch with thin, widely-spaced, radial ribs; with ca. 6 ribs per 0.5 mm on penultimate whorl and ca. 5 ribs per 0.5 mm on body whorls. Dorsal fold absent. Umbilicus closed. No double lip. Columellar tooth present. One long horizontal palatalis just above columella. One short vertical palatalis.

Remarks.

The lectotype is designated herein in accordance with Art. 74 of the Code (ICZN 1999) for the stabilisation of the name. Johnson (1973) listed ‘ paratypes’ housed in USNM and MZC.