MolluscaBase taxon details
Xerocerastus damarensis (H. Adams, 1870)
1058675 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1058675)
accepted
Species
Buliminus (Eburnea) damarensis (H. Adams, 1870) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Buliminus (Eburnea) damarensis var. expectata Mousson, 1888 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original name)
Buliminus layardi Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimulus damarensis H. Adams, 1870 · unaccepted (original combination)
Bulimus dammarensis L. Pfeiffer, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus dammarensis var. minor L. Pfeiffer, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ena (Eburnea) damarensis (H. Adams, 1870) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ena (Eburnea) damarensis var. subradiata O. Boettger, 1910 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Xerocerastus (Xerocerastus) damarensis (H. Adams, 1870) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Xerocerastus (Xerocerastus) damarensis damarensis (H. Adams, 1870) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Xerocerastus (Xerocerastus) damarensis maximus Connolly, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Xerocerastus (Xerocerastus) damarensis subradiatus (O. Boettger, 1910) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Xerocerastus damarensis f. minuscula Connolly, 1931 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Xerocerastus damarensis var. maxima Connolly, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Forma Xerocerastus damarensis f. minuscula Connolly, 1931 accepted as Xerocerastus damarensis (H. Adams, 1870) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Variety Xerocerastus damarensis var. maxima Connolly, 1929 accepted as Xerocerastus damarensis (H. Adams, 1870) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
(of Bulimulus damarensis H. Adams, 1870) Adams, H. (1870). Descriptions of a new genus, and of eighteen new species of Molluscs. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1870: 5-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554801
page(s): 9, pl. 1, fig. 17. [details]
page(s): 9, pl. 1, fig. 17. [details]
Type locality contained in Namibia
type locality contained in Namibia [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xerocerastus damarensis (H. Adams, 1870). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1058675 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Buliminus layardi Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1892). Descriptions of seventeen new terrestrial mollusks from South or Central Africa, in the collection of EDGAR L. LAYARD, Esq. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 9 (49): 87-94, pl. 4-6. London. [1 January]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15617730
page(s): 90 [details]
original description (of Bulimulus damarensis H. Adams, 1870) Adams, H. (1870). Descriptions of a new genus, and of eighteen new species of Molluscs. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1870: 5-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554801
page(s): 9, pl. 1, fig. 17. [details]
original description (of Xerocerastus damarensis var. maxima Connolly, 1929) Connolly, M. (1929). New non-marine Mollusca from South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum, 6 (2): 219-244, pl. 14. Pietermaritzburg [May].
page(s): 236, pl. 14, fig. 29. [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Xerocerastus damarensis f. minuscula Connolly, 1931) Connolly, M. (1931). Contributions to a knowledge of the fauna of South West Africa. IX. The non-marine Mollusca of South West Africa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 29 (2): 277-336, pl. 3-4. Cape Town. [April]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40891794
page(s): 301. [details]
original description (of Bulimus dammarensis L. Pfeiffer, 1870) Pfeiffer, L. (1867-1876). Novitates Conchologicae, Mollusca extramarina. Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer oder kritischer Land- und Süßwasser-Mollusken, 3: 301–312, pl. 73–75 (1866), 313–368, pl. 76–84 (1867), 369–430, pl. 85–96 (1868), 431–510, pl. 97–108 (1869); 4: 1–8, pl. 109–111 (1870), 9–40, pl. 112–117 (1871), 41–88, pl. 118–125 (1872), 89–112, pl. 126–130 (1874), 113–144, pl. 131–134 (1875), 145–171, pl. 135–137 (1876); Cassel (Th. Fischer)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10946681
page(s): Vol. 4:3-4, pl. 109, figs 5-8. [details]
original description (of Ena (Eburnea) damarensis var. subradiata O. Boettger, 1910) Boettger, O. (1910). Die Binnenkonchylien von Deutsch–Südwestafrika und ihre Beziehungen zur Molluskenfauna des Kaplandes. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 32 [Festschrift Kobelt]: 431–456, pl. 28. Frankfurt am Main., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58353782
page(s): 443. [details]
original description (of Bulimus dammarensis var. minor L. Pfeiffer, 1870) Pfeiffer, L. (1867-1876). Novitates Conchologicae, Mollusca extramarina. Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer oder kritischer Land- und Süßwasser-Mollusken, 3: 301–312, pl. 73–75 (1866), 313–368, pl. 76–84 (1867), 369–430, pl. 85–96 (1868), 431–510, pl. 97–108 (1869); 4: 1–8, pl. 109–111 (1870), 9–40, pl. 112–117 (1871), 41–88, pl. 118–125 (1872), 89–112, pl. 126–130 (1874), 113–144, pl. 131–134 (1875), 145–171, pl. 135–137 (1876); Cassel (Th. Fischer)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10946681
page(s): Vol. 4:3-4, pl. 109, figs 5, 6. [details]
original description (of Buliminus (Eburnea) damarensis var. expectata Mousson, 1888) Mousson, A. (1888). Coquilles recueillies dans le Sud-Ouest de l'Afrique par M. le Dr. H. Schinz, déterminée par Alb. Mousson. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 35(4): 291-301, pl. 12. ["1887"; 31 January 1888]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15921538
page(s): 295, pl. 12 fig. 4 [details]
additional source Connolly, M. (1929). New non-marine Mollusca from South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum, 6 (2): 219-244, pl. 14. Pietermaritzburg [May].
page(s): 236 [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): 56 [details]
page(s): 90 [details]
original description (of Bulimulus damarensis H. Adams, 1870) Adams, H. (1870). Descriptions of a new genus, and of eighteen new species of Molluscs. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1870: 5-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554801
page(s): 9, pl. 1, fig. 17. [details]
original description (of Xerocerastus damarensis var. maxima Connolly, 1929) Connolly, M. (1929). New non-marine Mollusca from South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum, 6 (2): 219-244, pl. 14. Pietermaritzburg [May].
page(s): 236, pl. 14, fig. 29. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Xerocerastus damarensis f. minuscula Connolly, 1931) Connolly, M. (1931). Contributions to a knowledge of the fauna of South West Africa. IX. The non-marine Mollusca of South West Africa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 29 (2): 277-336, pl. 3-4. Cape Town. [April]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40891794
page(s): 301. [details]
original description (of Bulimus dammarensis L. Pfeiffer, 1870) Pfeiffer, L. (1867-1876). Novitates Conchologicae, Mollusca extramarina. Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer oder kritischer Land- und Süßwasser-Mollusken, 3: 301–312, pl. 73–75 (1866), 313–368, pl. 76–84 (1867), 369–430, pl. 85–96 (1868), 431–510, pl. 97–108 (1869); 4: 1–8, pl. 109–111 (1870), 9–40, pl. 112–117 (1871), 41–88, pl. 118–125 (1872), 89–112, pl. 126–130 (1874), 113–144, pl. 131–134 (1875), 145–171, pl. 135–137 (1876); Cassel (Th. Fischer)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10946681
page(s): Vol. 4:3-4, pl. 109, figs 5-8. [details]
original description (of Ena (Eburnea) damarensis var. subradiata O. Boettger, 1910) Boettger, O. (1910). Die Binnenkonchylien von Deutsch–Südwestafrika und ihre Beziehungen zur Molluskenfauna des Kaplandes. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 32 [Festschrift Kobelt]: 431–456, pl. 28. Frankfurt am Main., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58353782
page(s): 443. [details]
original description (of Bulimus dammarensis var. minor L. Pfeiffer, 1870) Pfeiffer, L. (1867-1876). Novitates Conchologicae, Mollusca extramarina. Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer oder kritischer Land- und Süßwasser-Mollusken, 3: 301–312, pl. 73–75 (1866), 313–368, pl. 76–84 (1867), 369–430, pl. 85–96 (1868), 431–510, pl. 97–108 (1869); 4: 1–8, pl. 109–111 (1870), 9–40, pl. 112–117 (1871), 41–88, pl. 118–125 (1872), 89–112, pl. 126–130 (1874), 113–144, pl. 131–134 (1875), 145–171, pl. 135–137 (1876); Cassel (Th. Fischer)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10946681
page(s): Vol. 4:3-4, pl. 109, figs 5, 6. [details]
original description (of Buliminus (Eburnea) damarensis var. expectata Mousson, 1888) Mousson, A. (1888). Coquilles recueillies dans le Sud-Ouest de l'Afrique par M. le Dr. H. Schinz, déterminée par Alb. Mousson. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 35(4): 291-301, pl. 12. ["1887"; 31 January 1888]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15921538
page(s): 295, pl. 12 fig. 4 [details]
additional source Connolly, M. (1929). New non-marine Mollusca from South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum, 6 (2): 219-244, pl. 14. Pietermaritzburg [May].
page(s): 236 [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): 56 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Buliminus (Eburnea) damarensis var. expectata Mousson, 1888) ZMZ 513272 [details]
Syntype (of Buliminus (Eburnea) damarensis var. expectata Mousson, 1888) ZMZ 513273 [details]
