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Cyclotus discoideus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1843)
1345786 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1345786)
accepted
Species
Cyclostoma discoideum G. B. Sowerby I, 1843 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cyclostoma opalinum Mousson, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original name)
Cyclotus (Pseudocyclophorus) discoideus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1843) · alternative representation
(of Cyclostoma discoideum G. B. Sowerby I, 1843) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1843). Monograph of the genus <i>Cyclostoma</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (3): 89-156, pl. 23-31. London, privately published. [23 June]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076319
page(s): 111, pl. 25, figs. 87, 88 [details]
page(s): 111, pl. 25, figs. 87, 88 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cyclotus discoideus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1843). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1345786 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Cyclostoma discoideum G. B. Sowerby I, 1843) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1843). Monograph of the genus <i>Cyclostoma</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (3): 89-156, pl. 23-31. London, privately published. [23 June]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076319
page(s): 111, pl. 25, figs. 87, 88 [details]
original description (of Cyclostoma opalinum Mousson, 1849) Mousson, A. (1849). Die Land- und Süsswasser- Mollusken von Java. Zurich: Friedrich Schulthess. iv + 126 pp., 22 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14301934
page(s): 51, 123 pl. 5 fig. 12 [details]
basis of record Sutcharit, C., Ablett, J. D. & Panha, S. (2019). An annotated type catalogue of seven genera of operculate land snails (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoridae) in the Natural History Museum, London. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 842: 1–65.
page(s): 22, Fig. 5D, E [details] Available for editors
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additional source Benthem Jutting, W. S. S. van. (1948). Systematic studies on the non-marine Mollusca of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Critical revision of the Javanese operculate land-shells of the families Hydrocenidae, Helicinidae, Cyclophoridae, Pupinidae and Cochlostomatidae. <em>Treubia.</em> 19(3): 539-605. Buitenzorg (Bogor).
page(s): 576 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 111, pl. 25, figs. 87, 88 [details]
original description (of Cyclostoma opalinum Mousson, 1849) Mousson, A. (1849). Die Land- und Süsswasser- Mollusken von Java. Zurich: Friedrich Schulthess. iv + 126 pp., 22 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14301934
page(s): 51, 123 pl. 5 fig. 12 [details]
basis of record Sutcharit, C., Ablett, J. D. & Panha, S. (2019). An annotated type catalogue of seven genera of operculate land snails (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoridae) in the Natural History Museum, London. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 842: 1–65.
page(s): 22, Fig. 5D, E [details] Available for editors

additional source Benthem Jutting, W. S. S. van. (1948). Systematic studies on the non-marine Mollusca of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Critical revision of the Javanese operculate land-shells of the families Hydrocenidae, Helicinidae, Cyclophoridae, Pupinidae and Cochlostomatidae. <em>Treubia.</em> 19(3): 539-605. Buitenzorg (Bogor).
page(s): 576 [details] Available for editors





Syntype (of Cyclostoma opalinum Mousson, 1849) ZMZ 525561 [details]
To Conchology (Cyclotus discoideus)
To Conchology (Cyclotus discoideus)
To Malacopics (Cyclotus discoideus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1843))
To NHMUK collection (Cyclostoma discoideum G. B. Sowerby I, 1843; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:8175266) (from synonym Cyclostoma discoideum G. B. Sowerby I, 1843)
To Conchology (Cyclotus discoideus)
To Malacopics (Cyclotus discoideus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1843))
To NHMUK collection (Cyclostoma discoideum G. B. Sowerby I, 1843; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:8175266) (from synonym Cyclostoma discoideum G. B. Sowerby I, 1843)