MolluscaBase - Pachystoma Gray, 1842 †

MolluscaBase name details

Pachystoma Gray, 1842 †

AphiaID

1393636 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1393636)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Pachystoma Guilding, 1828; objective synonym of Keilostoma)

Accepted name

Keilostoma Deshayes, 1850 †

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Melania marginata Lamarck, 1804 † accepted as Keilostoma marginatum (Lamarck, 1804) † (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Diastomatidae Cossmann, 1894

Original name

Pachystoma Gray, 1842 †

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Grammatical gender

neuter

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: <i>Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum</i>, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55295773
page(s): 61, 90 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pachystoma Gray, 1842 †. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1393636 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-12-21 06:06:23Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

original description Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: <i>Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum</i>, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55295773
page(s): 61, 90 [details]