MolluscaBase taxon details
Sculptaria damarensis (H. Adams, 1870)
1058515 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1058515)
accepted
Species
Helix (Corilla) damarensis H. Adams, 1870 · unaccepted (original combination)
Helix (Sculptaria) melvilliana Ancey, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix melvilliana Ancey, 1892 · unaccepted (unnecessary replacement name for...)
unnecessary replacement name for Sculptaria chapmanni Ancey, 1890
Sculptaria chapmanni Ancey, 1890 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sculptaria melvilliana (Ancey, 1892) · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Sculptaria damarensis damarensis (H. Adams, 1870)
- Subspecies Sculptaria damarensis minor Degner, 1922
- Subspecies Sculptaria damarensis pygmaea Zilch, 1952
- Variety Sculptaria damarensis var. minor Degner, 1922 accepted as Sculptaria damarensis minor Degner, 1922 (original rank)
(of Helix (Corilla) damarensis H. Adams, 1870) Adams, H. (1870). Descriptions of two new species of African land shells. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1870: 379-380, pl. 27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28555229
page(s): 379, pl. 27, figs 14, 14a. [details]
page(s): 379, pl. 27, figs 14, 14a. [details]
Type locality contained in Namibia
type locality contained in Namibia [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sculptaria damarensis (H. Adams, 1870). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1058515 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Helix (Corilla) damarensis H. Adams, 1870) Adams, H. (1870). Descriptions of two new species of African land shells. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1870: 379-380, pl. 27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28555229
page(s): 379, pl. 27, figs 14, 14a. [details]
original description (of Sculptaria chapmanni Ancey, 1890) Ancey, C. F. (1890). Nouvelles contributions malacologiques. <em>Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 7: 145-163., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16122399
page(s): 156 [details]
original description (of Helix (Sculptaria) melvilliana Ancey, 1892) Ancey, C. F. (1892). Diagnoses of land shells. <em>The British Naturalist.</em> 18: 125-127 [June 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45849669
page(s): 126 [details]
basis of record Burnup, H.C. (1923). The genus Sculptaria Pfeiffer, with descriptions of three new species. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum 5(1): 1–44.</em>
page(s): 19 [details]
additional source Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 261 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Bruggen, A. C. van. (1970). A contribution to the knowledge of non-marine Mollusca of South West Africa. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 45(4): 43–73., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/318771
page(s): 69 [details]
page(s): 379, pl. 27, figs 14, 14a. [details]
original description (of Sculptaria chapmanni Ancey, 1890) Ancey, C. F. (1890). Nouvelles contributions malacologiques. <em>Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 7: 145-163., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16122399
page(s): 156 [details]
original description (of Helix (Sculptaria) melvilliana Ancey, 1892) Ancey, C. F. (1892). Diagnoses of land shells. <em>The British Naturalist.</em> 18: 125-127 [June 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45849669
page(s): 126 [details]
basis of record Burnup, H.C. (1923). The genus Sculptaria Pfeiffer, with descriptions of three new species. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum 5(1): 1–44.</em>
page(s): 19 [details]
additional source Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 261 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bruggen, A. C. van. (1970). A contribution to the knowledge of non-marine Mollusca of South West Africa. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 45(4): 43–73., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/318771
page(s): 69 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
