The Iberian Pyrenaearia cantabrica (Hidalgo, 1873) clade: elucidation of the type localities of its taxa (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Hygromiidae)

Within the genus Pyrenaearia P. Hesse, 1921, Pyrenaearia cantabrica (Hidalgo, 1873), from the nw Iberian Peninsula, is the species with the widest distribution and variability. Herein we discuss the taxa included within the P. can­tabrica clade sensu Elejalde et al. (2009), including photo­graphs of types and live specimens, and we identify the cor­rect type localities of the alpine taxa P. schaufussi (Kobelt, 1876), P. oberthuri (Ancey, 1884) and P. daanidentata Raven, 1988. For P. cantabrica, P. schaufussi and P. oberturi lecto­types are designated. This provides a solid basis for further study of this clade. It is shown that some specimens used in past molecular studies of Pyrenaearia were attributed to a wrong taxon.