Helix montsicciana

Bofill, A., 1890. Contributions a la faune malacologique de la Catalogne. IV. Description de trois Espèces nouvelles du Montsech. Bull. Soc. Malac. France, 7: 274–279. [p. 275].

 

Type locality

“Portell del Montsec”.

 

Toponymic note and update

Portell del Montsec, in the Mont–rebei gorge, Noguera Ribagorçana River pass, natural border between Aragón and Catalunya (=Catalonia).

Types

Lectotype: Museu de Ciències Naturals (Zoologia) de Barcelona, MZB 79-5971-A (shell).

Paralectotypes: Museu de Ciències Naturals (Zoologia) de Barcelona, MZB 79-5971-B (type loc., 10 shells) + MZB 78–0246 (“Noguera Ribagorzana”, 4 shells).

Current name

Xerocrassa ripacurcica montsicciana (Bofill, 1890)

Martínez–Ortí, A. & Gittenberger, E., 2005. The taxonomical status of the Iberian taxon Helicopsis gigaxii arturi Haas 1924 (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae). Abstracts IV International Congress of the European Malacological Societies. Notiziario SIM, 23(5–8): 92 pp. [p. 74].