Helicella (Xerotricha) mariae

Gasull, L., 1972. Una nueva Helicella de la provincia de Almería, Helicella (Xerotricha) mariae n. sp. Boletín de la Sociedad de Historia Natural de las Baleares, 17: 71–72 .

Type locality

“Sierra de Gata. Barranco del Sabinal. Cumbres del Mediodía”.

Toponymic note and update

Sabinal gulley, Cumbres del Mediodía, Gata mountains, municipality of Níjar, province of Almería, Spain.

Types

Lectotype: Museu de Ciències Naturals (Zoologia) de Barcelona, MZB 84-8396-A (shell, ex Gasull coll.).

Paralectotypes: Museu de Ciències Naturals (Zoologia) de Barcelona, MZB 84-8396-B (type loc., 10 shells, ex Gasull coll.) + MZB 84-8396-C (type loc., 1 shell and body remains in alcohol, ex. col. Gasull).

Types in other museums

Paralectotypes: Naturalis, Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden 3640 (3 shells, ex. Gasull coll.).

Current name

Xerotricha mariae (Gasull, 1974)

Martínez–Ortí, 2008. Taxonomical clarification of the Iberian endemism Helicella (Xerotricha) mariae Gasull 1972 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Hygromiidae). Basteria, 72 (Suppl. 4): 147-154.