MolluscaBase taxon details
Leptaxis nivosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824)
1050381 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1050381)
accepted
Species
Helix (Helicogena) phlebophora R. T. Lowe, 1831 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix nivosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 · unaccepted (original combination)
Helix phlebophora R. T. Lowe, 1831 · unaccepted
Leptaxis (Katostoma) nivosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824) · alternative representation
(of Helix nivosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1824) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1824). Descriptions, accompanied by figures, of several Helices, discovered by T. E. Bowdich, Esq. at Porto Santo. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 1: 56-58 [March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27570783
page(s): 56, pl. 3, fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 56, pl. 3, fig. 3 [details]
Type locality contained in Porto Santo
type locality contained in Porto Santo [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leptaxis nivosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050381 on 2025-09-12
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
original description
(of Helix phlebophora R. T. Lowe, 1831) 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): 41 [details]
original description (of Helix (Helicogena) phlebophora R. T. Lowe, 1831) 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): 41-42, pl. 5 fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Helix nivosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1824) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1824). Descriptions, accompanied by figures, of several Helices, discovered by T. E. Bowdich, Esq. at Porto Santo. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 1: 56-58 [March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27570783
page(s): 56, pl. 3, fig. 3 [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): 41 [details]
original description (of Helix (Helicogena) phlebophora R. T. Lowe, 1831) 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): 41-42, pl. 5 fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Helix nivosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1824) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1824). Descriptions, accompanied by figures, of several Helices, discovered by T. E. Bowdich, Esq. at Porto Santo. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 1: 56-58 [March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27570783
page(s): 56, pl. 3, fig. 3 [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
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Helix phlebophora. Lowe, 1831. Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 4: 41-42, Tab. 5 fig. 6 - catalog no. 97181) (from synonym Helix (Helicogena) phlebophora R. T. Lowe, 1831)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptaxis nivosa)
To GB Mollusca Types (Helix (Helicogena) phlebophora Lowe, 1831; Syntype(s); 407387–407391) (from synonym Helix phlebophora R. T. Lowe, 1831)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Leptaxis nivosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824))
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptaxis nivosa)
To GB Mollusca Types (Helix (Helicogena) phlebophora Lowe, 1831; Syntype(s); 407387–407391) (from synonym Helix phlebophora R. T. Lowe, 1831)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Leptaxis nivosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824))
