Dicharax (?) strangulatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)

Cyclostoma strangulatum L. Pfeiffer, 1846: 86.

Alycaeus strangulatus - Reeve 1878: pl. 6, species 47; Godwin-Austen 1914: 337, pl. 136, figs 1, 1a.

Alycaeus (Dicharax) strangulatus - Kobelt 1902: 376; Gude 1921: 269.

Chamalycaeus (Dicharax) strangulatus - Ramakrishna et al. 2010: 66.

Dicharax strangulatus - Sajan et al. 2020: 523, Figs 1A, B, 2A-L.

Type locality.

“Bengalia” .

Material examined.

"possible syntype" NHMUK 1856.9.15.18 (1 shell); Mussoorie, N.W Himalaya, ”figd” , NHMUK 1903.7.1.2501 (at least 5 shells); NHMUK 1928.7.28.85-104 (from general collection). See also newly collected specimens examined in Sajan et al. (2020).

Remarks.

Protoconch low, without spiral striae; R1 with irregular, low ribs and without spiral striation; R2 short, with alternating wider/darker and narrower/lighter stripes; entire surface nearly smooth.