Helix barbatula Reeve, 1852

Pl. 2, fig. C

Reeve, (1851–1854) 1852. Conchologia iconica, 7: species 814, pl. 132 fig. 814.

Type material: Lectotype, and paralectotypes (2), NHMUK 1962723 (dry shell material); ex. Mus. Cuming (Acc. no. 1829) . Lectotype fixed by inference of holotype (ICZN Article 74.6) by Climo (1980: 296) .

Label details: ‘New Zealand’

Type locality: ‘New Zealand’ (Reeve, 1852 [in 1851–1854]: species 814).

Previous illustrations of type material: Reeve (1852 [in 1851–1854]: pl. 132, fig. 814); Pfeiffer (1853 [in Pfeiffer 1852–1860]: pl. 155, figs. 53–56—as Helix beta); Climo (1980: figs. 1 A, B).

Remarks: Helix barbatula Reeve, 1852 and H. beta Pfeiffer, 1853 are based on the same type material, which H. Cuming obtained from the Australian-based naturalist Frederick Strange. Helix barbatula Reeve, 1852 is the type species of Pulchridomus Climo, 1980, by original designation.

Current Taxonomy: Listed as Pulchridomus barbatulus (Reeve, 1852) by Climo (1980: 295) and Spencer et al. (2009: 216).

Distribution: New Zealand; central North Island and southern South Island (Climo 1980).