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Actinella descendens (Wollaston, 1878) †
1050985 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1050985)
accepted
Species
Actinella (Actinella) descendens (Wollaston, 1878) † · alternative representation
Helix actinophora descendens Wollaston, 1878 · unaccepted (original combination)
fossil only
(of Helix actinophora descendens Wollaston, 1878) Wollaston, T.V. (1878). Testacea Atlantica or the land and freshwater shells of the Azores, Madeiras, Salvages, Canaries, Cape Verdes, and Saint Helena. i-xi, [1], 1-588, 1-16. London. (Reeve)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18928631
page(s): 147 [details]
page(s): 147 [details]
Type locality contained in Madeira
type locality contained in Madeira [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Actinella descendens (Wollaston, 1878) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050985 on 2025-07-09
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(of Helix actinophora descendens Wollaston, 1878) Wollaston, T.V. (1878). Testacea Atlantica or the land and freshwater shells of the Azores, Madeiras, Salvages, Canaries, Cape Verdes, and Saint Helena. i-xi, [1], 1-588, 1-16. London. (Reeve)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18928631
page(s): 147 [details]
taxonomy source Teixeira, D., Pokryszko, B., Cameron, R., Silva, I. & Groh, K. (2019). Taxonomic revision of the late-Pleistocene/Holocene land-mollusc fauna (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata) of the Desertas Islands, Madeiran Archipelago, with the description of 6 new species and 2 new subspecies. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 148(2): 137-159., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/148/137-159
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page(s): 147 [details]
taxonomy source Teixeira, D., Pokryszko, B., Cameron, R., Silva, I. & Groh, K. (2019). Taxonomic revision of the late-Pleistocene/Holocene land-mollusc fauna (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata) of the Desertas Islands, Madeiran Archipelago, with the description of 6 new species and 2 new subspecies. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 148(2): 137-159., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/148/137-159
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
