Diplommatina (Sinica) contracta Möllendorff, 1886

Diplommatina contracta Möllendorff, 1886: 173–175. – Yen, 1939: 32, pl. 2, fig. 53.

Diplommatina (Sinica) contracta – Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1898: 140; Kobelt, 1902: 461; Zilch, 1953: 28.

Type material.

Lectotype SMF 39649 (Figs 5 H, 12 H); three paralectotypes SMF 39650.

Type locality.

“ Patung, Hupei ” [Badong, Hubei Province].

Brief description.

Shell dextral, with about 6 whorls. Penultimate whorl slightly expanded, body whorl nearly as wide. No spiral striation visible. Teleoconch with strong, widely-spaced, radial ribs; ca. 5 ribs per 0.5 mm on penultimate whorl, ca. 3 ribs per 0.5 mm on body whorl. Dorsal fold absent. Umbilicus unknown. Double lip present. Columellar tooth present. No horizontal nor vertical palatalis visible.

Remarks.

Yen (1939) designated and depicted the lectotype. Kobelt and Möllendorff (1898) assigned this species to the subgenus Sinica .