Metalycaeus prosectus (Benson, 1857)
Alycaeus prosectus Benson, 1857: 203-204.
Alycaeus prosectus - Reeve 1878: pl. 6, species 49; Godwin-Austen 1914: 380-381, pl. 143, figs 1, 1a, 1b.
Alycaeus (Dicharax) prosectus - Kobelt 1902: 375-376; Gude 1921: 266-267.
Chamalycaeus (Dicharax) prosectus - Ramakrishna et al. 2010: 65.
Type locality.
"ad Teria Ghát” .
Material examined.
Khasi Hills, NHMUK 1906.4.4.63 (5 shells); UMZC I.102775 (4 syntypes); NHMUK 1888.12.4.873-875 (3 shells).
Remarks.
Protoconch elevated, spirally striated; R1 with irregular, low ribs and spiral striae of the same strength; R2 relatively long, with sharp, relatively widely spaced, straight ribs.