Diplommatina (Sinica) paxillus subsp. paxillus

Diplommatina (Sinica) paxillus paxillus (Gredler, 1881) Moussonia paxillus Gredler, 1881: 29–31, pl. 1, fig. 7. Diplommatina (Sinica) paxillus – Schmacker & Boettger, 1890: 121; Kobelt & Möllendorff, 1898: 141; Kobelt, 1902: 469; Zilch, 1953: 34. Diplommatina paxillus paxillus – Yen, 1939: 31, pl. 2, fig. 46. Type material. Seven syntypes SMF 39629 (Figs 6 F, 12 Q). Two syntypes FMB 142. Type locality. “ Yün-tscheu-fu ” [Hunan Province]; the current name of the locality cannot be confirmed. Brief description. Shell dextral, with about 7 whorls. Protoconch smooth. Penultimate whorl wider than body whorl. Constriction at middle of parietal wall. Teleoconch with weak, dense, radial ribs; ca. 10 ribs per 0.5 mm on penultimate whorl, ca. 7 ribs per 0.5 mm on body whorl. Dorsal fold absent. Umbilicus unknown. Double lip present. Columellar tooth present. One strong horizontal palatalis just above columella. One short vertical palatalis. Remarks. Yen (1939) listed ‘ paratypes’ in the SMF and figured one; referred to as ‘ cotypes’ by Zilch (1953). Two type specimens are kept in the Gredler collection in the Franziskanermuseum Bozen (see Zilch (1974)). Kobelt and Möllendorff (1898) assigned this species to the subgenus Sinica.