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Physa cisternina Morelet, 1851
1259951 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1259951)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
- Variety Physa cisternina var. ventrosior Morelet, 1851 accepted as Mayabina polita D. W. Taylor, 2003 (probable synonym)
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Morelet, A. (1851). <i>Testacea novissima insulae Cubanae et Americae Centralis</i>, Pars II. Paris: Baillière. 30 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11485022
page(s): 15 [details]
page(s): 15 [details]
Note Type locality: Mérida [20º58’N,...
Type locality Type locality: Mérida [20º58’N, 89º37’W], Yucatán, Mexico [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Physa cisternina Morelet, 1851. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1259951 on 2025-09-11
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Morelet, A. (1851). <i>Testacea novissima insulae Cubanae et Americae Centralis</i>, Pars II. Paris: Baillière. 30 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11485022
page(s): 15 [details]
additional source Breure, A.S.H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J.D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.
page(s): 243, fig. 223, syntype [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Taylor, D. W. (2003). Introduction to Physidae (Gastropoda: Hygrophila); biogeography, classification, morphology. <em>Revista de Biología Tropical.</em> 51(Suppl. 1): 1-263 (includes a Catalog of species, pp. 197-263)., available online at https://tropicalstudies.org/rbt/attachments/suppls/sup51-1%20Physidae/Physidae%20Information.pdf
page(s): 89 [details]
page(s): 15 [details]
additional source Breure, A.S.H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J.D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.
page(s): 243, fig. 223, syntype [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Taylor, D. W. (2003). Introduction to Physidae (Gastropoda: Hygrophila); biogeography, classification, morphology. <em>Revista de Biología Tropical.</em> 51(Suppl. 1): 1-263 (includes a Catalog of species, pp. 197-263)., available online at https://tropicalstudies.org/rbt/attachments/suppls/sup51-1%20Physidae/Physidae%20Information.pdf
page(s): 89 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality Type locality: Mérida [20º58’N, 89º37’W], Yucatán, Mexico [details]
