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Helix caperata Montagu, 1803

1056067  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1056067)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Tectipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Eupulmonata (Superorder)
  9. Stylommatophora (Order)
  10. Helicina (Suborder)
  11. Helicoidei (Infraorder)
  12. Helicoidea (Superfamily)
  13. Helicidae (Family)
  14. Helicinae (Subfamily)
  15. Helicini (Tribe)
  16. Helix (Genus)
  17. Helix caperata (Species)
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  1. Variety Helix caperata var. gigaxii L. Pfeiffer, 1847 accepted as Backeljaia gigaxii (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) (original combination; junior synonym of Helix gratiosa S. Studer, 1820; nomen proectum sensu ICZN 23.9.1.1.)
  2. Variety Helix caperata var. hierochuntica Westerlund, 1889 accepted as Trochoidea (Xerocrassa) langloisiana langloisiana (Bourguignat, 1853) accepted as Xerocrassa langloisiana (Bourguignat, 1853) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, original name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 430-432, Tab. 11 fig. 11 [details] OpenAccess publication
Note "Wiltshire...Devonshire...Stanborough and...  
Type locality "Wiltshire...Devonshire...Stanborough and Woolcomb...rarely met with in Cornwall;...George's-Square, at Plymouth Dock...Kent" [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Helix caperata Montagu, 1803. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056067 on 2025-09-11
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2018-01-24 13:18:22Z
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Neubert, Eike
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original description Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 430-432, Tab. 11 fig. 11 [details] OpenAccess publication

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

additional source Koch, V. von. (1899). Eine neue Fundort von <em>Helix caperata</em> Mtg. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakzoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 31(1/2): 29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28228483#page/427/mode/1up
page(s): 29 [details] 
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Type locality "Wiltshire...Devonshire...Stanborough and Woolcomb...rarely met with in Cornwall;...George's-Square, at Plymouth Dock...Kent" [details]
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