MolluscaBase taxon details
Microstele muscerda (W. H. Benson, 1853)
1316351 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1316351)
accepted
Species
Pupa muscerda W. H. Benson, 1853 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pupilla muscerda (W. H. Benson, 1853) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
(of Pupa muscerda W. H. Benson, 1853) Benson, W. H. (1853). Characters of new land shells, collected by Edgar L. Layard, Esq., in Ceylon. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 12(68): 90-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22191524
page(s): 94 [details]
page(s): 94 [details]
Type locality contained in Sri Lanka
type locality contained in Sri Lanka [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Microstele muscerda (W. H. Benson, 1853). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1316351 on 2025-03-30
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(of Pupa muscerda W. H. Benson, 1853) Benson, W. H. (1853). Characters of new land shells, collected by Edgar L. Layard, Esq., in Ceylon. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 12(68): 90-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22191524
page(s): 94 [details]
basis of record Raheem, D.; Taylor, H.; Ablett, J.; Preece, R. C.; Aravind, N. A.; Naggs, F. (2014). A systematic revision of the land snails of the Western Ghats of India. Tropical Natural History. Supplement 4: I-XIV, 1-244; Chulalongkorn University [November 2014].
page(s): 61 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Naggs, F. & Raheem, D. (2000). Land snail diversity in Sri Lanka. An illustrated guide prepared for the launch of the Darwin Initiative programme. Photography by Harold Taylor. The Natural History Museum, London. pages i-xiii, 1-203. 246 coloured plates. ISBN 0565091514 (printed version), ISBN 0565091565 (compact disc)., available online at https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/tropical-land-snails/taxa.dsml [details]
additional source 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. Tropical Natural History. No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online at https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390
page(s): 148, Fig. 65 E-F [details] Available for editors
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additional source Schileyko, A. A. (1998). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 1. Achatinellidae, Amastridae, Orculidae, Strobilopsidae, Spelaeodiscidae, Valloniidae, Cochlicopidae, Pupillidae, Chondrinidae, Pyramidulidae. Ruthenica. Supplement 2: 1-127. Moskva [April].
page(s): 112, fig. 128 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 94 [details]
basis of record Raheem, D.; Taylor, H.; Ablett, J.; Preece, R. C.; Aravind, N. A.; Naggs, F. (2014). A systematic revision of the land snails of the Western Ghats of India. Tropical Natural History. Supplement 4: I-XIV, 1-244; Chulalongkorn University [November 2014].
page(s): 61 [details] Available for editors

additional source Naggs, F. & Raheem, D. (2000). Land snail diversity in Sri Lanka. An illustrated guide prepared for the launch of the Darwin Initiative programme. Photography by Harold Taylor. The Natural History Museum, London. pages i-xiii, 1-203. 246 coloured plates. ISBN 0565091514 (printed version), ISBN 0565091565 (compact disc)., available online at https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/tropical-land-snails/taxa.dsml [details]
additional source 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. Tropical Natural History. No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online at https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390
page(s): 148, Fig. 65 E-F [details] Available for editors

additional source Schileyko, A. A. (1998). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 1. Achatinellidae, Amastridae, Orculidae, Strobilopsidae, Spelaeodiscidae, Valloniidae, Cochlicopidae, Pupillidae, Chondrinidae, Pyramidulidae. Ruthenica. Supplement 2: 1-127. Moskva [April].
page(s): 112, fig. 128 [details] Available for editors





- Type locality
- type locality contained in Sri Lanka [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
- From editor or global species database
- India
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Pupa muscerda. Benson, 1853. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 2) 12: 94-95 - catalog no. 117131) (from synonym Pupa muscerda W. H. Benson, 1853)
To GB Mollusca Types (Pupa muscerda W.H. Benson, 1853; Lectotype; UMZC I.103977.A) (from synonym Pupa muscerda W. H. Benson, 1853)
To GB Mollusca Types (Pupa muscerda W.H. Benson, 1853; Lectotype; UMZC I.103977.A) (from synonym Pupa muscerda W. H. Benson, 1853)