MolluscaBase taxon details
Godwinia caperata (A. Gould, 1852)
1375725 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1375725)
accepted
Species
Godwinia (Godwinia) caperata (A. Gould, 1846) · alternative representation
Vitrina caperata A. Gould, 1852 · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Vitrina caperata A. Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 181. [details]
page(s): 181. [details]
Type locality contained in Hawaii, Kauai Island
type locality contained in Hawaii (origin: native - endemic) [details]
type locality contained in Kauai Island [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Kauai Island [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Godwinia caperata (A. Gould, 1852). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1375725 on 2025-09-11
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
original description
(of Vitrina caperata A. Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 181. [details]
basis of record Cooke, C. M. (1921). Notes on Hawaiian Zonitidae and Succineidae. <em>Occasional Papers Bernice P. Bishop Museum.</em> 7 (12): 263-277, pl. 24-25. Honolulu., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28222749
page(s): 264 [details]
additional source Yeung, N. W., Cowie, R. H., Hayes, K. A. & Strong, E. E. (2017). Type specimens of Hawaiian land snails in the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, with lectotype designations. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 647: 1-34.
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 181. [details]
basis of record Cooke, C. M. (1921). Notes on Hawaiian Zonitidae and Succineidae. <em>Occasional Papers Bernice P. Bishop Museum.</em> 7 (12): 263-277, pl. 24-25. Honolulu., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28222749
page(s): 264 [details]
additional source Yeung, N. W., Cowie, R. H., Hayes, K. A. & Strong, E. E. (2017). Type specimens of Hawaiian land snails in the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, with lectotype designations. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 647: 1-34.
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
