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Cyclocystis charybdis (W. H. Benson, 1856)
1263874 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1263874)
accepted
Species
Helix charybdis W. H. Benson, 1856 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Trachycystis charybdis (W. H. Benson, 1856) · unaccepted
(of Helix charybdis W. H. Benson, 1856) Benson, W. H. (1856). New land snails collected by E.L. Layard, Esq. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 18(108): 433–439., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18685542#page/447/mode/1up
page(s): 436 [details]
page(s): 436 [details]
Type locality contained in Cape Peninsula
type locality contained in Cape Peninsula [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cyclocystis charybdis (W. H. Benson, 1856). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1263874 on 2025-09-11
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(of Helix charybdis W. H. Benson, 1856) Benson, W. H. (1856). New land snails collected by E.L. Layard, Esq. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 18(108): 433–439., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18685542#page/447/mode/1up
page(s): 436 [details]
basis of record Preece, R. C., White, T. S., Raheem, D. C., Ketchum, H., Ablett, J., Taylor, H., Webb, K. & Naggs, F. (2022). William Benson and the golden age of malacology in British India: Biography, illustrated catalogue and evaluation of his molluscan types. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online at https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390
page(s): 139, Fig. 61 A [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 436 [details]
basis of record Preece, R. C., White, T. S., Raheem, D. C., Ketchum, H., Ablett, J., Taylor, H., Webb, K. & Naggs, F. (2022). William Benson and the golden age of malacology in British India: Biography, illustrated catalogue and evaluation of his molluscan types. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online at https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390
page(s): 139, Fig. 61 A [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To GB Mollusca Types (Helix charybdis W.H. Benson, 1856; Syntype(s); UMZC I.104230) (from synonym Helix charybdis W. H. Benson, 1856)
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