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Rachis punctata (Anton, 1838)
1058629 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1058629)
accepted
Species
Buliminus (Rhachis) punctatus (Anton, 1838) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bulimus ferussaci Dunker, 1845 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Bulimus punctatus Anton, 1838 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bulimus variolosus Morelet, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rachis burtoi (Bourguignat, 1890) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Rachis punctatus (Anton, 1838) · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
Rachis punctatus var. variolosus (Morelet, 1860) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rachisellus burtoi Bourguignat, 1890 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Rachisellus ledoulxi Bourguignat, 1890 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Rachisellus punctatus (Anton, 1838) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Rhachis burtoi (Bourguignat, 1890) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Rhachis punctata (Anton, 1838) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Rhachis punctata variolosa (Morelet, 1860) · unaccepted
(of Bulimus punctatus Anton, 1838) Anton, H. E. (1838). <i>Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer</i>. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp. [Title page dated 1839, but volume actually published in 1838; see Cernohorsky, 1978, <i>The Veliger</i> 20(3): 299]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11967421
page(s): 42, species no. 1540 [details]
page(s): 42, species no. 1540 [details]
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original description
(of Bulimus punctatus Anton, 1838) Anton, H. E. (1838). <i>Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer</i>. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp. [Title page dated 1839, but volume actually published in 1838; see Cernohorsky, 1978, <i>The Veliger</i> 20(3): 299]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11967421
page(s): 42, species no. 1540 [details]
original description (of Bulimus ferussaci Dunker, 1845) Dunker, W. (1845-1846). Diagnoses Molluscorum quorundam novorum, quae ex itinere ad oras Africae occidentalis reportavit cl. G. Tams, Med. Dr. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 1845: 163-168; 1846: 24-28., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291751
page(s): 164 [details]
original description (of Rachisellus ledoulxi Bourguignat, 1890) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1890). Mollusques de l'Afrique équatoriale de Moguedouchou à Bagamoyo et de Bagamoyo au Tanganika. 1-229, pls 1-8. Book dated 1889, publication date 1890., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12909251
page(s): 70 [details]
original description (of Bulimus variolosus Morelet, 1860) Morelet, A. (1860). Séries conchyliologiques comprenant l'énumération de mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis pendant le cours de différents voyages, ainsi que la description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles 2. <em>Klincksieck, Paris.</em> 35-127, pls 4-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11913380
page(s): 66, pl. 5, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Rachisellus burtoi Bourguignat, 1890) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1890). Mollusques de l'Afrique équatoriale de Moguedouchou à Bagamoyo et de Bagamoyo au Tanganika. 1-229, pls 1-8. Book dated 1889, publication date 1890., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12909251
page(s): 69 [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): 435, pl.13, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105-220, pl. 4-8. Cape Town. [March].
page(s): 160; note: As Rhachis [details]
additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1919). A review of the land mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 40: 1-370, pls I-XXIII.
page(s): 304 [details]
additional source Schileyko, A. A. (1998). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 2. Gastrocoptidae, Hypselostomatidae, Vertiginidae, Truncatellinidae, Pachnodidae, Enidae, Sagdidae. <em>Ruthenica.</em> Supplement 2: 129-261. Moskva [November].
page(s): 175, fig. 214 [details]
additional source Rowson, B. (2007). Land molluscs of Zanzibar Island (Unguja), Tanzania, including a new species of Gulella (Pulmonata: Streptaxidae). <em>Journal of Conchology 39: 425–466.</em>
page(s): 434 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Verdcourt, B. (2006). A revised list of the non-marine Mollusca of East Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, excluding Malawi). B. Verdcourt, Maidenhead. Pp. 1–75.
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Gittenberger, E., Reijnen, B. T. & Groenenberg, D. S. J. (2019). Terrestrial gastropods of the Maldives, all of which are invasive?. <em>Journal of Conchology (2019),.</em> 43 (4): 1-31.
page(s): 14, Fig. 23 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Zilch, A. (1986). Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 76: Mollusca: Pupillacea (6): Enidae: Spelaeoconchinae, Cerastuinae, Draparnaudiinae. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 116 (4/6): 233–250, Taf. 1–2.
page(s): 235 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 42, species no. 1540 [details]
original description (of Bulimus ferussaci Dunker, 1845) Dunker, W. (1845-1846). Diagnoses Molluscorum quorundam novorum, quae ex itinere ad oras Africae occidentalis reportavit cl. G. Tams, Med. Dr. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 1845: 163-168; 1846: 24-28., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291751
page(s): 164 [details]
original description (of Rachisellus ledoulxi Bourguignat, 1890) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1890). Mollusques de l'Afrique équatoriale de Moguedouchou à Bagamoyo et de Bagamoyo au Tanganika. 1-229, pls 1-8. Book dated 1889, publication date 1890., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12909251
page(s): 70 [details]
original description (of Bulimus variolosus Morelet, 1860) Morelet, A. (1860). Séries conchyliologiques comprenant l'énumération de mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis pendant le cours de différents voyages, ainsi que la description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles 2. <em>Klincksieck, Paris.</em> 35-127, pls 4-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11913380
page(s): 66, pl. 5, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Rachisellus burtoi Bourguignat, 1890) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1890). Mollusques de l'Afrique équatoriale de Moguedouchou à Bagamoyo et de Bagamoyo au Tanganika. 1-229, pls 1-8. Book dated 1889, publication date 1890., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12909251
page(s): 69 [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): 435, pl.13, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors

additional source Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105-220, pl. 4-8. Cape Town. [March].
page(s): 160; note: As Rhachis [details]
additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1919). A review of the land mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 40: 1-370, pls I-XXIII.
page(s): 304 [details]
additional source Schileyko, A. A. (1998). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 2. Gastrocoptidae, Hypselostomatidae, Vertiginidae, Truncatellinidae, Pachnodidae, Enidae, Sagdidae. <em>Ruthenica.</em> Supplement 2: 129-261. Moskva [November].
page(s): 175, fig. 214 [details]
additional source Rowson, B. (2007). Land molluscs of Zanzibar Island (Unguja), Tanzania, including a new species of Gulella (Pulmonata: Streptaxidae). <em>Journal of Conchology 39: 425–466.</em>
page(s): 434 [details] Available for editors

additional source Verdcourt, B. (2006). A revised list of the non-marine Mollusca of East Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, excluding Malawi). B. Verdcourt, Maidenhead. Pp. 1–75.
page(s): 17 [details] Available for editors

additional source Gittenberger, E., Reijnen, B. T. & Groenenberg, D. S. J. (2019). Terrestrial gastropods of the Maldives, all of which are invasive?. <em>Journal of Conchology (2019),.</em> 43 (4): 1-31.
page(s): 14, Fig. 23 [details] Available for editors

additional source Zilch, A. (1986). Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 76: Mollusca: Pupillacea (6): Enidae: Spelaeoconchinae, Cerastuinae, Draparnaudiinae. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 116 (4/6): 233–250, Taf. 1–2.
page(s): 235 [details] Available for editors





To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rachis punctatus) (from synonym Rachis punctatus (Anton, 1838))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Rachis punctatus (Anton, 1838))
To NHMUK collection (Bulimus variolosus Morelet, 1860; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:7786459) (from synonym Bulimus variolosus Morelet, 1860)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Rachis punctatus (Anton, 1838))
To NHMUK collection (Bulimus variolosus Morelet, 1860; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:7786459) (from synonym Bulimus variolosus Morelet, 1860)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym