MolluscaBase name details
Pupa fontana Krauss, 1848
1252788 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1252788)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
Pupa Draparnaud, 1801 accepted as Pupilla J. Fleming, 1828
- Variety Pupa fontana var. globulosa Jickeli, 1874 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, use in recent literature currently undocumented)
Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 80, pl. 5, fig. 6. [details]
page(s): 80, pl. 5, fig. 6. [details]
Type locality contained in South Africa (country)
, Note 'Ad fontem fluvii Mooi'.
type locality contained in South Africa (country) [details]
Type locality 'Ad fontem fluvii Mooi'. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pupa fontana Krauss, 1848. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1252788 on 2025-09-10
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Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 80, pl. 5, fig. 6. [details]
basis of record 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): 391, pl.12, fig, 13 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1908). A survey of the species and varieties of Pupa, DRAPARNAUD (Jaminia, RISSO), occurring in South Africa. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 1 (1): 70-86, pl. 1-2. London. [1 January]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295769
page(s): 74 [details]
additional source Bruggen, A. C. van. (1985). The terrestrial molluscs of Lesotho (southern Africa), a first contribution, with detailed notes on <i>Archachatina machachensis</i> (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series C.</em> 88(3): 267–296.
page(s): 272; note: Discussion of author and date [details]
additional source Herbert, D. & Kilburn, D. (2004). Field guide to the land snails and slugs of eastern South Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Natal Museum. [v] + 336 pp.
page(s): 104 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 80, pl. 5, fig. 6. [details]
basis of record 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): 391, pl.12, fig, 13 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1908). A survey of the species and varieties of Pupa, DRAPARNAUD (Jaminia, RISSO), occurring in South Africa. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 1 (1): 70-86, pl. 1-2. London. [1 January]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295769
page(s): 74 [details]
additional source Bruggen, A. C. van. (1985). The terrestrial molluscs of Lesotho (southern Africa), a first contribution, with detailed notes on <i>Archachatina machachensis</i> (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series C.</em> 88(3): 267–296.
page(s): 272; note: Discussion of author and date [details]
additional source Herbert, D. & Kilburn, D. (2004). Field guide to the land snails and slugs of eastern South Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Natal Museum. [v] + 336 pp.
page(s): 104 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality 'Ad fontem fluvii Mooi'. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | four-toothed chrysalis snail | [details] |
