MolluscaBase taxon details
Tropidophora sowerbyi (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
1356766 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1356766)
accepted
Species
Cyclostoma megacheilus G. B. Sowerby I, 1843 · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior primary homonym; non...)
junior primary homonym; non Cyclostoma megacheilos Potiez & Michaud, 1838
Cyclostoma sowerbyi L. Pfeiffer, 1847 · unaccepted (original combination)
recent only
(of Cyclostoma sowerbyi L. Pfeiffer, 1847) Pfeiffer, L. (1847). Ueber die Eintheilung der Cyclostomaceen. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 4: 45-48 [March 1847]; 52-59 [April 1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292039
page(s): 56, 58; note: nom. nov. pro Cyclostoma megacheilus Sowerby, 1843 non Potiez & Michaud [details]
page(s): 56, 58; note: nom. nov. pro Cyclostoma megacheilus Sowerby, 1843 non Potiez & Michaud [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tropidophora sowerbyi (L. Pfeiffer, 1847). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1356766 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Cyclostoma megacheilus 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): 131, pl. 31, fig. 276. [details]
original description (of Cyclostoma sowerbyi L. Pfeiffer, 1847) Pfeiffer, L. (1847). Ueber die Eintheilung der Cyclostomaceen. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 4: 45-48 [March 1847]; 52-59 [April 1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292039
page(s): 56, 58; note: nom. nov. pro Cyclostoma megacheilus Sowerby, 1843 non Potiez & Michaud [details]
basis of record Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
page(s): 14 [details]
page(s): 131, pl. 31, fig. 276. [details]
original description (of Cyclostoma sowerbyi L. Pfeiffer, 1847) Pfeiffer, L. (1847). Ueber die Eintheilung der Cyclostomaceen. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 4: 45-48 [March 1847]; 52-59 [April 1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292039
page(s): 56, 58; note: nom. nov. pro Cyclostoma megacheilus Sowerby, 1843 non Potiez & Michaud [details]
basis of record Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
page(s): 14 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
