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.