MolluscaBase taxon details
Euplecta travancorica (W. H. Benson, 1865)
1317137 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1317137)
accepted
Species
Euplecta praeeminens Sykes, 1898 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix travancorica W. H. Benson, 1865 · unaccepted (original combination)
(of Helix travancorica W. H. Benson, 1865) Benson, W. H. (1865). New land-shells from Travancore, western and northern India. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 15(85): 11-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16004315
page(s): 13 [details]
page(s): 13 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Euplecta travancorica (W. H. Benson, 1865). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1317137 on 2025-05-13
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original description
(of Helix travancorica W. H. Benson, 1865) Benson, W. H. (1865). New land-shells from Travancore, western and northern India. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 15(85): 11-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16004315
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Euplecta praeeminens Sykes, 1898) Sykes, E. R. (1898). List of the species of Cataulus found in Ceylon, with descriptions of some new land-shells from that island. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 3: 65-74., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32075406
page(s): 71, plate 5, figs 5-6 [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. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> Supplement 4: I-XIV, 1-244; Chulalongkorn University [November 2014].
page(s): 103 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Ramakrishna, Mitra, S, C. & Dey, A. (2010). Annotated checklist of Indian land molluscs. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 359 pp.</em>
page(s): 248 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Euplecta praeeminens Sykes, 1898) Sykes, E. R. (1898). List of the species of Cataulus found in Ceylon, with descriptions of some new land-shells from that island. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 3: 65-74., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32075406
page(s): 71, plate 5, figs 5-6 [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. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> Supplement 4: I-XIV, 1-244; Chulalongkorn University [November 2014].
page(s): 103 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ramakrishna, Mitra, S, C. & Dey, A. (2010). Annotated checklist of Indian land molluscs. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 359 pp.</em>
page(s): 248 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To GB Mollusca Types (Helix travancorica W.H. Benson, 1865; Holotype; UMZC I.103530.A) (from synonym Helix travancorica W. H. Benson, 1865)
From editor or global species database
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