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Stylodonta unidentata (Holten, 1802)
1246281 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1246281)
accepted
Species
Columplica uniplicata Hartmann, 1843 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix (Stylodonta) unidentata Holten, 1802 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Helix microdonta Deshayes, 1832 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix militaris L. Pfeiffer, 1855 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix unidentata Holten, 1802 · unaccepted (original combination)
Helix unidentata var. exanthematica E. von Martens, 1869 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix unidentata var. globata E. von Martens, 1869 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix unidentata var. normalis E. von Martens, 1869 · unaccepted
Helix ventricosa De Cristofori & Jan, 1832 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Stylodonta unidentata parva Gerlach, 2003 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Stylodonta unidentata praslina Gerlach, 2003 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Stylodonta unidentata pyramidata Gerlach, 2003 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Stylodonta unidentata sebertae Gerlach, 2003 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Stylodonta unidentata parva Gerlach, 2003 accepted as Stylodonta unidentata (Holten, 1802) (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Stylodonta unidentata praslina Gerlach, 2003 accepted as Stylodonta unidentata (Holten, 1802) (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Stylodonta unidentata pyramidata Gerlach, 2003 accepted as Stylodonta unidentata (Holten, 1802) (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Stylodonta unidentata sebertae Gerlach, 2003 accepted as Stylodonta unidentata (Holten, 1802) (junior synonym)
(of Helix unidentata Holten, 1802) Holten, H. S. 1802. Enumeratio systematica conchyliorum beat J. H. Chemnitzii quondam ecclesiae Zebaothi Havniae pastoris, plurim societum sodialis p. p. quae publica auctione venduntur die 7me Decembris ano pres. Copenhagen: K. H. Scidelini. vi + 88 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46195957
page(s): 73 [details]
page(s): 73 [details]
Lectotype (of Helix unidentata var. globata E. von...
Lectotype (of Helix unidentata var. globata E. von Martens, 1869) ZMB Moll. 9594, geounit Seychelles [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Stylodonta unidentata (Holten, 1802). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1246281 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Helix unidentata Holten, 1802) Holten, H. S. 1802. Enumeratio systematica conchyliorum beat J. H. Chemnitzii quondam ecclesiae Zebaothi Havniae pastoris, plurim societum sodialis p. p. quae publica auctione venduntur die 7me Decembris ano pres. Copenhagen: K. H. Scidelini. vi + 88 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46195957
page(s): 73 [details]
original description (of Helix unidentata var. exanthematica E. von Martens, 1869) Martens, E.C.v. 1869. Seesterne und Seeigel von Sancibar. In: C.C.v.d. Decken (Hrsg.), Reisen in Ost-Afrika in 1859-61. Wissenschaftlicher Theil. Dritter Band, Erste Abtheilung, pp. xii+169. C.F. Winter'sche Verlagshandlung; Leipzig & Heidelberg.
page(s): 58., pl. 1, fig. 4b. [details]
original description (of Helix unidentata var. globata E. von Martens, 1869) Martens, E. von (1869). Seesterne und Seeigel, pp. 125-134. In: C.C. von der Decken, Reisen in Ost Afrika in 1859-61 3(1). Leipzig & Heidelberg.
page(s): 58, pl. 1, fig. 4a. [details]
original description (of Helix militaris L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Pfeiffer, L. (1855). Descriptions of thirty-eight new species of land shells, from the collection of H. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 23 (291): 111–119. London [13 August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30748004
page(s): 111 [details]
original description (of Helix unidentata var. normalis E. von Martens, 1869) Martens, E. von. (1869). Uebersicht der Land- und Süsswassermollusken der ostafrikanischen Küste von Cap Guardafui bis Port Natal nebst nächstliegenden Inseln. Pp. 148–160, in Kersten, O. [ed.] Baron Carl Claus von der Decken's Reisen in Ost-Afrika in den Jahren 1859–1865, vol. 3 Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse, Part 1, Säugethiere, Vögel, Amphibien, Crustaceen, Mollusken und Echinodermen. C.F. Winter'sche, Leipzig and Heidelberg.
page(s): 58, pl. 1, fig. 4c. [details]
basis of record Bank, R. A. & Menkhorst, H. P. M. G. (2008). Notes on the nomenclature of some land- and freshwater molluscs of the Seychelles, with consequences for taxa from Africa, Madagascar, India, the Philippines, Jamaica, and Europe. <em>Basteria.</em> 72(4/6): 93-110., available online at http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/record/643850 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Gerlach, J. (2006). Terrestrial and freshwater Mollusca of the Seychelles islands. 1-141.
page(s): 73. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 73 [details]
original description (of Helix unidentata var. exanthematica E. von Martens, 1869) Martens, E.C.v. 1869. Seesterne und Seeigel von Sancibar. In: C.C.v.d. Decken (Hrsg.), Reisen in Ost-Afrika in 1859-61. Wissenschaftlicher Theil. Dritter Band, Erste Abtheilung, pp. xii+169. C.F. Winter'sche Verlagshandlung; Leipzig & Heidelberg.
page(s): 58., pl. 1, fig. 4b. [details]
original description (of Helix unidentata var. globata E. von Martens, 1869) Martens, E. von (1869). Seesterne und Seeigel, pp. 125-134. In: C.C. von der Decken, Reisen in Ost Afrika in 1859-61 3(1). Leipzig & Heidelberg.
page(s): 58, pl. 1, fig. 4a. [details]
original description (of Helix militaris L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Pfeiffer, L. (1855). Descriptions of thirty-eight new species of land shells, from the collection of H. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 23 (291): 111–119. London [13 August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30748004
page(s): 111 [details]
original description (of Helix unidentata var. normalis E. von Martens, 1869) Martens, E. von. (1869). Uebersicht der Land- und Süsswassermollusken der ostafrikanischen Küste von Cap Guardafui bis Port Natal nebst nächstliegenden Inseln. Pp. 148–160, in Kersten, O. [ed.] Baron Carl Claus von der Decken's Reisen in Ost-Afrika in den Jahren 1859–1865, vol. 3 Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse, Part 1, Säugethiere, Vögel, Amphibien, Crustaceen, Mollusken und Echinodermen. C.F. Winter'sche, Leipzig and Heidelberg.
page(s): 58, pl. 1, fig. 4c. [details]
basis of record Bank, R. A. & Menkhorst, H. P. M. G. (2008). Notes on the nomenclature of some land- and freshwater molluscs of the Seychelles, with consequences for taxa from Africa, Madagascar, India, the Philippines, Jamaica, and Europe. <em>Basteria.</em> 72(4/6): 93-110., available online at http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/record/643850 [details] Available for editors

additional source Gerlach, J. (2006). Terrestrial and freshwater Mollusca of the Seychelles islands. 1-141.
page(s): 73. [details] Available for editors





Lectotype (of Helix unidentata var. globata E. von Martens, 1869) ZMB Moll. 9594, geounit Seychelles [details]
To GB Mollusca Types (Stylodonta unidentata parva Gerlach, 2003; Holotype; UMZC I.2003.57.4) (from synonym Stylodonta unidentata parva Gerlach, 2003)
To GB Mollusca Types (Stylodonta unidentata praslina Gerlach, 2003; Holotype; UMZC I.2003.57.3) (from synonym Stylodonta unidentata praslina Gerlach, 2003)
To GB Mollusca Types (Stylodonta unidentata pyramidata Gerlach, 2003; Holotype; UMZC I.2003.57.6) (from synonym Stylodonta unidentata pyramidata Gerlach, 2003)
To GB Mollusca Types (Stylodonta unidentata sebertae Gerlach, 2003; Holotype; UMZC I.2003.57.2) (from synonym Stylodonta unidentata sebertae Gerlach, 2003)
To GB Mollusca Types (Stylodonta unidentata praslina Gerlach, 2003; Holotype; UMZC I.2003.57.3) (from synonym Stylodonta unidentata praslina Gerlach, 2003)
To GB Mollusca Types (Stylodonta unidentata pyramidata Gerlach, 2003; Holotype; UMZC I.2003.57.6) (from synonym Stylodonta unidentata pyramidata Gerlach, 2003)
To GB Mollusca Types (Stylodonta unidentata sebertae Gerlach, 2003; Holotype; UMZC I.2003.57.2) (from synonym Stylodonta unidentata sebertae Gerlach, 2003)