MolluscaBase - Discula (Discula) calcigena (R. T. Lowe, 1831)

Traits name details

Discula (Discula) calcigena (R. T. Lowe, 1831)

AphiaID

1003414 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1003414)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Discula calcigena (R. T. Lowe, 1831)

Rank

Species

Parent

Discula (Discula) R. T. Lowe, 1852 represented as Discula R. T. Lowe, 1852

Original name

Helix (Helicella) polymorpha var. calcigena R. T. Lowe, 1831

Direct children (5)

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Subspecies Discula (Discula) calcigena discina (R. T. Lowe, 1852) accepted as Discula discina (R. T. Lowe, 1852) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Subspecies Discula (Discula) calcigena barbozae (Paiva, 1866) represented as Discula calcigena barbozae (Paiva, 1866)
Subspecies Discula (Discula) calcigena calcigena (R. T. Lowe, 1831) represented as Discula calcigena calcigena (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
Subspecies Discula (Discula) calcigena gomesiana (Paiva, 1866) represented as Discula calcigena gomesiana (Paiva, 1866)
Subspecies Discula (Discula) calcigena maxima Mandahl-Barth, 1950 represented as Discula calcigena maxima Mandahl-Barth, 1950

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

(of ) Lowe, R. T. (1831). Primitiae faunae et florae Maderae et Portus Sancti; sive species quaedam novae vel hactenus minus rite cognitae animalium et plantarum in his insulis degentium breviter descriptae. <em>Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.</em> 4 (1): 1-70, pl. 1-6. Cambridge., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13265840
page(s): 56, pl. 6 fig. 15 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Discula (Discula) calcigena (R. T. Lowe, 1831). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1003414 on 2025-05-22

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Discula (Discula) calcigena (R. T. Lowe, 1831). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1003414 on 2025-05-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-06-27 10:50:13Z

created

Neubert, Eike

2017-12-20 08:11:51Z

changed

Neubert, Eike

2023-12-24 09:44:08Z

changed

Herbert, David

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Sources (2)

original description (of ) Lowe, R. T. (1831). Primitiae faunae et florae Maderae et Portus Sancti; sive species quaedam novae vel hactenus minus rite cognitae animalium et plantarum in his insulis degentium breviter descriptae. <em>Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.</em> 4 (1): 1-70, pl. 1-6. Cambridge., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13265840
page(s): 56, pl. 6 fig. 15 [details]

basis of record Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]