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Drymaeus poecilus (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
1288914 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1288914)
accepted
Species
Bulimulus poecilus (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bulimus poecilus (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bulimus poecilus var. ictericus Ancey, 1892 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Drymaeus (Drymaeus) poecilus (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) · alternative representation
Drymaeus minor (A. d'Orbigny, 1837) · unaccepted
Helix (Bulimus) poecila (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Helix (Bulimus) poecila var. major A. d'Orbigny, 1838 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix (Bulimus) poecila var. minor A. d'Orbigny, 1838 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix poecila A. d'Orbigny, 1835 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Subspecies Drymaeus poecilus poecilus (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
- Subspecies Drymaeus poecilus tricinctus J. J. Parodiz, 1963
- Subspecies Drymaeus poecilus percandidus Dall, 1912 accepted as Bostryx virgultorum (Morelet, 1863) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Drymaeus poecilus santanensis Dall, 1912 accepted as Bostryx virgultorum (Morelet, 1863) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Drymaeus poecilus var. santanensis Dall, 1912 accepted as Bostryx virgultorum (Morelet, 1863) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
(of Helix poecila A. d'Orbigny, 1835) Orbigny, A. d'. (1835). Synopsis terrestrium et fluviatilium molluscorum, in suo per Americam meridionalem itinere collectorum. <em>Magasin de Zoologie.</em> 5(61): 1-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2633132
page(s): 11 [details]
page(s): 11 [details]
Type locality contained in Bolivia
type locality contained in Bolivia [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Drymaeus poecilus (A. d'Orbigny, 1835). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1288914 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Helix poecila A. d'Orbigny, 1835) Orbigny, A. d'. (1835). Synopsis terrestrium et fluviatilium molluscorum, in suo per Americam meridionalem itinere collectorum. <em>Magasin de Zoologie.</em> 5(61): 1-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2633132
page(s): 11 [details]
original description (of Helix (Bulimus) poecila var. major A. d'Orbigny, 1838) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): 269 [details]
original description (of Helix (Bulimus) poecila var. minor A. d'Orbigny, 1838) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): 270 [details]
original description (of Bulimus poecilus var. ictericus Ancey, 1892) Ancey, C. F. (1892). On some shells from eastern Bolivia and western Brazil. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 7(4): 90-97 [19 December 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31573584
page(s): 92; note: as "icterica" (wrong gender) [details]
basis of record Cuezzo, M. G., Jose Miranda, M. & Ovando, X. M. C. (2013). Species Catalogue of Orthalicoidea in Argentina (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). <em>Malacologia.</em> 56(1 & 2): 135-191., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.056.0210 [details]
additional source Salvador, R. B.; Colley, E.; Simone, L. R. L. (2018). Terrestrial mollusks from the region of Corumbá and Maciço du Urucum, SW Brazil. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 43(1): 71-88. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Simone, L. R. L. (2006). <i>Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil</i>. Editora Gráfica Bernardi, FAPESP. São Paulo, 390 pp.
page(s): 141, Fig. 468 [details]
page(s): 11 [details]
original description (of Helix (Bulimus) poecila var. major A. d'Orbigny, 1838) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): 269 [details]
original description (of Helix (Bulimus) poecila var. minor A. d'Orbigny, 1838) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): 270 [details]
original description (of Bulimus poecilus var. ictericus Ancey, 1892) Ancey, C. F. (1892). On some shells from eastern Bolivia and western Brazil. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 7(4): 90-97 [19 December 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31573584
page(s): 92; note: as "icterica" (wrong gender) [details]
basis of record Cuezzo, M. G., Jose Miranda, M. & Ovando, X. M. C. (2013). Species Catalogue of Orthalicoidea in Argentina (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). <em>Malacologia.</em> 56(1 & 2): 135-191., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.056.0210 [details]
additional source Salvador, R. B.; Colley, E.; Simone, L. R. L. (2018). Terrestrial mollusks from the region of Corumbá and Maciço du Urucum, SW Brazil. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 43(1): 71-88. [details] Available for editors

additional source Simone, L. R. L. (2006). <i>Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil</i>. Editora Gráfica Bernardi, FAPESP. São Paulo, 390 pp.
page(s): 141, Fig. 468 [details]




Syntype (of Helix poecila A. d'Orbigny, 1835) MNHN 24679 [details]