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Wollastonaria vermetiformis (R. T. Lowe, 1855)

To GB Mollusca Types (Helix (Hysricella) vermetiformis Lowe, 1855; Paralectotype(s); NMINH:1896.42.64)
To GB Mollusca Types (Helix (Hysricella) vermetiformis Lowe, 1855; Paralectotype(s); NMINH:1896.42.64)

1340238  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1340238)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Tectipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Eupulmonata (Superorder)
  9. Stylommatophora (Order)
  10. Helicina (Suborder)
  11. Helicoidei (Infraorder)
  12. Helicoidea (Superfamily)
  13. Geomitridae (Family)
  14. Geomitrinae (Subfamily)
  15. Geomitrini (Tribe)
  16. Wollastonaria (Genus)
  17. Wollastonaria vermetiformis (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Helix (Hystricella) vermetiformis R. T. Lowe, 1855) Lowe, R. T. (1855). Catalogus molluscorum pneumonatorum insularum Maderensium: or a list of all the land and freshwater shells, recent and fossil, of the Madeiran islands: arranged in groups according to their natural affinities; with diagnoses of the groups, and of the new or hitherto imperfectly defined species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22 ["1854"]: 161-208 [16 March 1855]; 209-218 [27 March 1855]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747564
page(s): 186 [details] 
Lectotype  (of Helix (Hystricella) vermetiformis R. T....  
Lectotype (of Helix (Hystricella) vermetiformis R. T. Lowe, 1855) NHMUK 1968.588, geounit Porto Santo [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Wollastonaria vermetiformis (R. T. Lowe, 1855). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1340238 on 2025-09-12
Date
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2019-04-17 06:37:51Z
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Neubert, Eike
2020-07-13 06:28:13Z
changed
Neubauer, Thomas A.

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original description (of Helix (Hystricella) vermetiformis R. T. Lowe, 1855) Lowe, R. T. (1855). Catalogus molluscorum pneumonatorum insularum Maderensium: or a list of all the land and freshwater shells, recent and fossil, of the Madeiran islands: arranged in groups according to their natural affinities; with diagnoses of the groups, and of the new or hitherto imperfectly defined species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22 ["1854"]: 161-208 [16 March 1855]; 209-218 [27 March 1855]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747564
page(s): 186 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Lectotype (of Helix (Hystricella) vermetiformis R. T. Lowe, 1855) NHMUK 1968.588, geounit Porto Santo [details]
To GB Mollusca Types (Helix (Hysricella) vermetiformis Lowe, 1855; Paralectotype(s); NMINH:1896.42.64) (from synonym Helix (Hystricella) vermetiformis R. T. Lowe, 1855)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered) 
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