MolluscaBase - Microcystina sappho (Brazier, 1876)

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Microcystina sappho (Brazier, 1876)

AphiaID

1388809 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1388809)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Expocystis sappho (Brazier, 1876)

Rank

Species

Parent

Microcystina Mörch, 1872

Original name

Helix (Thalassia) sappho Brazier, 1876

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Variety Microcystina sappho var. mailuensis E. A. Smith, 1896 accepted as Expocystis mailuensis (E. A. Smith, 1896) (basionym)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

(of Helix (Thalassia) sappho Brazier, 1876) Brazier, J. (1876). Descriptions of thirty-five new species of land shells from New Guinea, Australia, and islands in Torres Straits, collected during the Chevert expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 1: 98-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3340091 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Microcystina sappho (Brazier, 1876). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1388809 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-11-08 05:10:41Z

created

Köhler, Frank

2022-08-30 07:32:28Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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original description (of Helix (Thalassia) sappho Brazier, 1876) Brazier, J. (1876). Descriptions of thirty-five new species of land shells from New Guinea, Australia, and islands in Torres Straits, collected during the Chevert expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 1: 98-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3340091 [details]