MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
Pilsbry, H. A. (1893-1895). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 9: Helicidae, Vol. 7, Guide to the study of Helices. pp 1-225, pls 1-61. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-48, pls 1-14, 16 Nov 1893; pp. 49-112, pls 15-28, 19 Mar 1894; pp. 113-160, pls 29-40, 27 Jul 1894; pp. 161-366, pls 41-71, i-xlviii, 2 Feb 1895; index 1-126, April 1895]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1102607
page(s): xxxii, xxxiii; note: as Polygyrinae [details]
additional source
Emberton, K. C. (1995). When shells do not tell: 145 million years of evolution in North America's polygyrid land snails, with a revision and conservation priorities. <em>Malacologia.</em> 37(1): 69-110. Ann Arbor., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13113494 [details]
status source
ICZN. (1992). Opinion 1691. <i>Polygyra</i> Say, 1818 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): <i>Polygyra septemvolva</i> Say, 1818 designated as the type-species and Polygyridae Pilsbry, 1895 given precedence over Mesodontidae Tryon, 1866. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 49 (3): 240–241., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12231307 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality