From the mollusc collection in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin: Spixia species A–B, i Spixia alvarezii (d’Orbigny, 1837), syntype of Bulimus (Odontostomus) leptodon Martens, 1875 ZMB 24077 (H = 22.2) C, ii Spixia martensii (Doering, 1875), paralectotype ZMB 28807 (H = 21.4) D, v Spixia multispirata (Doering, 1877), paralectotype ZMB 28509 (H = 17.4) E, iii Spixia philippii (Doering, 1875), syntype ZMB 28504 (H = 18.0) F, iv Spixia reticulata (Doering, 1877), paralectotype ZMB 28502 (H = 18.8) G, vi Spixia salinicola (Doering, 1877), paralectotype ZMB 28506 (H = 20.4) H, vii Spixia tumulorum (Doering, 1875), paralectotype ZMB 25739 (H = 13.6). All enlarged.
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