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Cernuella metabola (Westerlund, 1889)
1050003 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1050003)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Species
(of Helix (Xerophila) metabola Westerlund, 1889) Westerlund, C. A. (1889). <i>Fauna der in der paläarctischen Region (Europa, Kaukasien, Sibirien, Turan, Persien, Kurdistan, Armenien, Mesopotamien, Kleinasien, Syrien, Arabien, Egypten, Tripolis, Tunesien, Algerien und Marocco) lebenden Binnenconchylien. II. Gen. Helix</i>. Berlin: R. Friedländer. pp. 473 + 31 (Register)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10893365
page(s): 236 [details]
page(s): 236 [details]
Taxonomic remark This taxon had been considered an early name for the Cernuella species from Lampedusa. However, Helix metabola Westerlund,...
Taxonomic remark This taxon had been considered an early name for the Cernuella species from Lampedusa. However, Helix metabola Westerlund, 1889, is based on juvenile specimens of Theba pisana (Falkner in IUCN Red List under Cernuella lampedusa), and thus is a synonym of this species. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cernuella metabola (Westerlund, 1889). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050003 on 2025-09-11
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(of Helix (Xerophila) metabola Westerlund, 1889) Westerlund, C. A. (1889). <i>Fauna der in der paläarctischen Region (Europa, Kaukasien, Sibirien, Turan, Persien, Kurdistan, Armenien, Mesopotamien, Kleinasien, Syrien, Arabien, Egypten, Tripolis, Tunesien, Algerien und Marocco) lebenden Binnenconchylien. II. Gen. Helix</i>. Berlin: R. Friedländer. pp. 473 + 31 (Register)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10893365
page(s): 236 [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]
page(s): 236 [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomic remark This taxon had been considered an early name for the Cernuella species from Lampedusa. However, Helix metabola Westerlund, 1889, is based on juvenile specimens of Theba pisana (Falkner in IUCN Red List under Cernuella lampedusa), and thus is a synonym of this species. [details]
