MolluscaBase - Plekocheilus (Eurytus) episcopalis episcopalis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)

MolluscaBase name details

Plekocheilus (Eurytus) episcopalis episcopalis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)

AphiaID

1263459 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1263459)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Plekocheilus episcopalis episcopalis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)

Rank

Subspecies

Parent

Plekocheilus (Eurytus) episcopalis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) represented as Plekocheilus episcopalis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)

Original name

Bulimus episcopalis L. Pfeiffer, 1855

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Bulimus episcopalis 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): 115; note: Typelocality: Bogota [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plekocheilus (Eurytus) episcopalis episcopalis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1263459 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-07-02 20:15:24Z

created

Breure, Bram

2019-06-27 13:53:24Z

changed

Breure, Bram

2020-07-27 03:17:24Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

original description (of Bulimus episcopalis 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): 115; note: Typelocality: Bogota [details]