Diplommatina intermedia Heude, 1890

Diplommatina intermedia Heude, 1890: 131, pl. 36, fig. 22.

Type material.

Lectotype HMT 233 a (Figs 6 A, 12 L), designated herein; 11 paralectotypes HMT 233 b; two paralectotypes MCZ 167031.

Type locality.

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

Brief description.

Shell dextral, with about 6 whorls. Protoconch smooth. Penultimate whorl slightly expanded; body whorl nearly as wide. Constriction at slightly left of parietal wall. No spiral striation visible. Teleoconch with thin, dense, radial ribs; ca. 6 ribs per 0.5 mm on penultimate whorl, ca. 4 ribs per 0.5 mm on body whorl. Dorsal fold absent. Umbilicus open, shallow. Double lip present. Columellar tooth present. One short horizontal palatalis above columella. One vertical palatalis.

Remarks.

The lectotype is designated herein in accordance with Art. 74 of the Code (ICZN 1999) for the stabilisation of the name. Diplommatina intermedia Nicolas, 1891 and D. balansai var. intermedia Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1904 are both junior homonyms.