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Limnaea auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
1255226 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1255226)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Limnaea Blainville, 1824 accepted as Lymnaea Lamarck, 1799
- Forma Limnaea auricularia f. fluviatilis Zhadin, 1923 accepted as Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) (a junior synonym)
- Variety Limnaea auricularia var. acutolabiata Germain, 1903 accepted as Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) (a junior synonym)
- Variety Limnaea auricularia var. affinis Germain, 1903 accepted as Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) (a junior synonym)
- Variety Limnaea auricularia var. andersoni Clessin, 1878 accepted as Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) (a junior synonym)
- Variety Limnaea auricularia var. brevis Germain, 1903 accepted as Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) (a junior synonym)
- Variety Limnaea auricularia var. coreana E. von Martens, 1886 accepted as Radix coreana (E. von Martens, 1886) accepted as Radix plicatula (W. H. Benson, 1842) (basionym)
- Variety Limnaea auricularia var. eplicata E. von Martens, 1871 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Variety Limnaea auricularia var. expansa Colbeau, 1859 accepted as Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) (a junior synonym)
- Variety Limnaea auricularia var. fluminensis Hazay, 1885 accepted as Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) (a junior synonym)
- Variety Limnaea auricularia var. incrassata Germain, 1903 accepted as Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) (a junior synonym)
- Variety Limnaea auricularia var. magna Colbeau, 1859 accepted as Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) (a junior synonym)
- Variety Limnaea auricularia var. milleti Germain, 1903 accepted as Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) (a junior synonym)
- Variety Limnaea auricularia var. nigra Germain, 1903 accepted as Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) (a junior synonym)
- Variety Limnaea auricularia var. persica Issel, 1865 accepted as Radix tener (Küster, 1862) (a junior synonym)
- Variety Limnaea auricularia var. reflexa Nelson, 1883 accepted as Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) (a junior synonym)
- Variety Limnaea auricularia var. rimata E. von Martens, 1882 accepted as Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758) (a junior synonym)
recent + fossil
(of Helix auricularia Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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(of Helix auricularia Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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basis of record Nevill, G. (1878). Mollusca. Scientific Results of the Second Yarkand Mission; based upon the collections and notes of the late Ferdinand Stoliczka Ph.D., 1-21, 1 pl. Calcutta (Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56816818
page(s): 6-7 [details]
basis of record Baker, F. C. (1901). <i>Limnaea auricularia</i> in America. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 15(5): 59., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1738440 [details]
additional source Baker, F. C. (1942). <i>Lymnaea stagnalis</i> and <i>Lymnaea (Radix) auricularia</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 55(3): 105-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520014 [details]
additional source Woodward, S. P. (1856). On the land and freshwater shells of Kashmir and Tibet, collected by Dr. T. Thomson. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 24: 185-187., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860729
page(s): 186 [details]
additional source Issel, A. (1865). Catalogo dei molluschi raccolti dalla missione italiana in Persia aggiuntavi la descrizione delle specie nuove o poco note. Stamperia Reale, Torino, 55 pp, pls 1-3., available online at http://www.internetculturale.it/it/16/search/viewresource?id=oai:www.sba.unifi.it:12:IC0003:RMR0024873&case=&instanceName=mag&descSource=Biblioteca%20digitale&descSourceLevel2=SBA%20-%20Firenze
page(s): 47 [details]
additional source Rao, H. S. (1928). The aquatic and amphibious Mollusca of the Northern Shan States, Burma. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 30: 399-468, pls. 12-14.
page(s): 453-454 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 774 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Nevill, G. (1878). Mollusca. Scientific Results of the Second Yarkand Mission; based upon the collections and notes of the late Ferdinand Stoliczka Ph.D., 1-21, 1 pl. Calcutta (Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56816818
page(s): 6-7 [details]
basis of record Baker, F. C. (1901). <i>Limnaea auricularia</i> in America. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 15(5): 59., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1738440 [details]
additional source Baker, F. C. (1942). <i>Lymnaea stagnalis</i> and <i>Lymnaea (Radix) auricularia</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 55(3): 105-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520014 [details]
additional source Woodward, S. P. (1856). On the land and freshwater shells of Kashmir and Tibet, collected by Dr. T. Thomson. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 24: 185-187., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860729
page(s): 186 [details]
additional source Issel, A. (1865). Catalogo dei molluschi raccolti dalla missione italiana in Persia aggiuntavi la descrizione delle specie nuove o poco note. Stamperia Reale, Torino, 55 pp, pls 1-3., available online at http://www.internetculturale.it/it/16/search/viewresource?id=oai:www.sba.unifi.it:12:IC0003:RMR0024873&case=&instanceName=mag&descSource=Biblioteca%20digitale&descSourceLevel2=SBA%20-%20Firenze
page(s): 47 [details]
additional source Rao, H. S. (1928). The aquatic and amphibious Mollusca of the Northern Shan States, Burma. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 30: 399-468, pls. 12-14.
page(s): 453-454 [details] Available for editors
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