MolluscaBase taxon details
Vertigo modesta (Say, 1824)
1050669 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1050669)
accepted
Species
Isthmia corpulenta E. S. Morse, 1865 · unaccepted
Pupa borealis Morelet, 1858 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pupa corpulenta var. parietalis Ancey, 1888 · unaccepted
Pupa decora A. Gould, 1847 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pupa hoppii Møller, 1842 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original name)
Pupa inermis Westerlund, 1877 · unaccepted > junior homonym
Pupa modesta Say, 1824 · unaccepted (original combination)
Vertigo (Boreovertigo) modesta (Say, 1824) · alternative representation
Vertigo (Glacivertigo) modesta (Say, 1824) · unaccepted (unaccepted subgeneric classification)
Vertigo (Vertigo) modesta (Say, 1824) · unaccepted
Vertigo (Vertigo) modesta modesta (Say, 1824) · unaccepted (unaccepted subgeneric classification)
Vertigo castanea Sterki, 1892 · unaccepted (nomen nudum)
Vertigo modesta insculpta Pilsbry, 1919 · unaccepted
Vertigo modesta microphasma S. S. Berry, 1919 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Vertigo modesta castanea Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1900
- Subspecies Vertigo modesta concinnula T. D. A. Cockerell, 1897
- Subspecies Vertigo modesta krauseana (Reinhardt, 1883)
- Subspecies Vertigo modesta modesta (Say, 1824)
- Subspecies Vertigo modesta arctica (Wallenberg, 1858) accepted as Vertigo hoppii (Møller, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Vertigo modesta insculpta Pilsbry, 1919 accepted as Vertigo modesta (Say, 1824)
- Subspecies Vertigo modesta microphasma S. S. Berry, 1919 accepted as Vertigo modesta (Say, 1824)
- Subspecies Vertigo modesta occidentalis Sterki, 1907 accepted as Vertigo occidentalis Sterki, 1907 (unaccepted rank)
- Subspecies Vertigo modesta ultima Pilsbry, 1919 accepted as Vertigo ultima Pilsbry, 1919 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Variety Vertigo modesta var. castanea Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1900 accepted as Vertigo modesta castanea Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1900 (original name)
(of Pupa modesta Say, 1824) Say, T. (1824). Class Mollusca. In: Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c. &c. performed in the year 1823, by order of The Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Stephen H. Long, Major U. S. T. E. compiled from the notes of Major Long, Messrs Say, Keating, and Calhoun, by William H. Keating, A. M. &c. H.C. Carey & I. Lea, Philadelphia. 2: 256-266, plates 14-15, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13640689
page(s): 259, pl. 15, fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 259, pl. 15, fig. 5 [details]
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original description
(of Pupa modesta Say, 1824) Say, T. (1824). Class Mollusca. In: Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c. &c. performed in the year 1823, by order of The Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Stephen H. Long, Major U. S. T. E. compiled from the notes of Major Long, Messrs Say, Keating, and Calhoun, by William H. Keating, A. M. &c. H.C. Carey & I. Lea, Philadelphia. 2: 256-266, plates 14-15, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13640689
page(s): 259, pl. 15, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Pupa decora A. Gould, 1847) Gould, A. A. (1847). [Description] of a new species of <i>Physa</i>, together with two other new species of North American shells. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 262-263.
page(s): 263, text fig [details]
original description (of Vertigo castanea Sterki, 1892) Sterki, V. (1892). Preliminary list of North American Pupidae (north of Mexico). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 6(1): 2-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42788952
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Vertigo modesta insculpta Pilsbry, 1919) Pilsbry, H. A. & Cooke, C. M. (1918-1920). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 25: Pupillidae (Gastrocoptinae, Vertigininae). pp i-ix, 1-404, pls 1-34. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-5, Nov. 5, 1918; pp. 65-144, figs. 1-9 + 2, pls. 6-10, Feb. 20, 1919; pp. 145-224, pls. 11-18, Jun. 30, 1919; pp. 225-404, i-ix, figs. 1-8 + 1, pls. 19-34, May 28, 1920]. <em>Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic.</em> 1-401, pl. 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23703860
page(s): 131, pl. 10, figs. 12-13 [details]
original description (of Isthmia corpulenta E. S. Morse, 1865) Morse, E. S. (1865). Descriptions of new species of Pupadae. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 8: 207-212., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16022455
page(s): 210, fig. 10 [details]
original description (of Vertigo modesta microphasma S. S. Berry, 1919) Berry, S. S. (1919). Three new alpine vertigos from California. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 33(2): 48-52., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1744557
page(s): 48, figs. 1-6 [details]
original description (of Pupa corpulenta var. parietalis Ancey, 1888) Ancey, C. F. (1888). Description of North American shells. <em>The Conchologists' Exchange.</em> 2(6): 79-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28529031
page(s): 80 [details]
original description (of Pupa hoppii Møller, 1842) Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 4 [details]
original description (of Pupa borealis Morelet, 1858) Morelet, A. (1858). Coquilles terrestres du Kamtchatka. <em>Journal de conchyliologie.</em> 7 (1): 7-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15862980
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Pupa inermis Westerlund, 1877) Westerlund, C. A. (1877). Sibiriens Land- och Sötvatten-Mollusker. I. <em>Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar (Ny Följd).</em> Ny Följd [New Series], 14 (2, 12): 1-111, 1 plate. Stockholm (P.A. NORSTEDT)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41848076
page(s): 103 [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]
additional source Schileyko, A. A. & Rymzhanov, T. S. (2013). Fauna of land mollusks (Gastropoda, Pulmonata Terrestria) of Kazakhstan and adjacent territories. <em>Moscow-Almaty: KMK Scientific Press.</em> 389 pp., available online at https://herba.msu.ru/shipunov/school/books/shilejko2013_fauna_nazemn_moll_kz.djvu
page(s): 71, pl. 5Ж, fig. 21 [details]
additional source Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. <em>Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft).</em> 312 pp., 142 plates. [June] [= Pensoft Series Faunistica No 87].
page(s): 50, Fig. 20G [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 259, pl. 15, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Pupa decora A. Gould, 1847) Gould, A. A. (1847). [Description] of a new species of <i>Physa</i>, together with two other new species of North American shells. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 262-263.
page(s): 263, text fig [details]
original description (of Vertigo castanea Sterki, 1892) Sterki, V. (1892). Preliminary list of North American Pupidae (north of Mexico). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 6(1): 2-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42788952
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Vertigo modesta insculpta Pilsbry, 1919) Pilsbry, H. A. & Cooke, C. M. (1918-1920). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 25: Pupillidae (Gastrocoptinae, Vertigininae). pp i-ix, 1-404, pls 1-34. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-5, Nov. 5, 1918; pp. 65-144, figs. 1-9 + 2, pls. 6-10, Feb. 20, 1919; pp. 145-224, pls. 11-18, Jun. 30, 1919; pp. 225-404, i-ix, figs. 1-8 + 1, pls. 19-34, May 28, 1920]. <em>Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic.</em> 1-401, pl. 1-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23703860
page(s): 131, pl. 10, figs. 12-13 [details]
original description (of Isthmia corpulenta E. S. Morse, 1865) Morse, E. S. (1865). Descriptions of new species of Pupadae. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 8: 207-212., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16022455
page(s): 210, fig. 10 [details]
original description (of Vertigo modesta microphasma S. S. Berry, 1919) Berry, S. S. (1919). Three new alpine vertigos from California. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 33(2): 48-52., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1744557
page(s): 48, figs. 1-6 [details]
original description (of Pupa corpulenta var. parietalis Ancey, 1888) Ancey, C. F. (1888). Description of North American shells. <em>The Conchologists' Exchange.</em> 2(6): 79-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28529031
page(s): 80 [details]
original description (of Pupa hoppii Møller, 1842) Møller, H. P. C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> 4(1): 76-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2322910
page(s): 4 [details]
original description (of Pupa borealis Morelet, 1858) Morelet, A. (1858). Coquilles terrestres du Kamtchatka. <em>Journal de conchyliologie.</em> 7 (1): 7-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15862980
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Pupa inermis Westerlund, 1877) Westerlund, C. A. (1877). Sibiriens Land- och Sötvatten-Mollusker. I. <em>Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar (Ny Följd).</em> Ny Följd [New Series], 14 (2, 12): 1-111, 1 plate. Stockholm (P.A. NORSTEDT)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41848076
page(s): 103 [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]
additional source Schileyko, A. A. & Rymzhanov, T. S. (2013). Fauna of land mollusks (Gastropoda, Pulmonata Terrestria) of Kazakhstan and adjacent territories. <em>Moscow-Almaty: KMK Scientific Press.</em> 389 pp., available online at https://herba.msu.ru/shipunov/school/books/shilejko2013_fauna_nazemn_moll_kz.djvu
page(s): 71, pl. 5Ж, fig. 21 [details]
additional source Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. <em>Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft).</em> 312 pp., 142 plates. [June] [= Pensoft Series Faunistica No 87].
page(s): 50, Fig. 20G [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Vertigo modesta insculpta) (from synonym Vertigo modesta insculpta Pilsbry, 1919)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Vertigo modesta microphasma) (from synonym Vertigo modesta microphasma S. S. Berry, 1919)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Vertigo modesta)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Vertigo modesta insculpta Pilsbry, 1919)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Vertigo modesta microphasma S. S. Berry, 1919)
To GenBank (41 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1436355)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Vertigo modesta insculpta) (from synonym Vertigo modesta insculpta Pilsbry, 1919)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Vertigo modesta microphasma) (from synonym Vertigo modesta microphasma S. S. Berry, 1919)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Vertigo modesta)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Vertigo modesta insculpta Pilsbry, 1919)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Vertigo modesta microphasma S. S. Berry, 1919)
To GenBank (41 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1436355)
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