WoRMS name details
Philine desmotis R. B. Watson, 1897
140751 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140751)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Watson, R. B. (1897). On the marine Mollusca of Madeira; with descriptions of thirty-five new species, and an index-list of all the known sea-dwelling species of that island. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 26(19): 233-329, pl. 19-20., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31882661
page(s): 236-237; pl. 19 fig. 5, 5a [details]
page(s): 236-237; pl. 19 fig. 5, 5a [details]
Note Ponta de São Lourenço and Santa Cruz,...
Type locality Ponta de São Lourenço and Santa Cruz, Madeira, and Porto Santo [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Philine desmotis R. B. Watson, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140751 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Watson, R. B. (1897). On the marine Mollusca of Madeira; with descriptions of thirty-five new species, and an index-list of all the known sea-dwelling species of that island. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 26(19): 233-329, pl. 19-20., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31882661
page(s): 236-237; pl. 19 fig. 5, 5a [details]
page(s): 236-237; pl. 19 fig. 5, 5a [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Marquet, R.; Landau, B. (2006). The gastropod fauna of the Luchtbal Sand Member (Lillo Formation, Zanclean, Early Pliocene) of the Antwerp region (Belgium). <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 5(1-2): 13-49., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/541726
page(s): 42; note: of Philine intricata Monterosato, 1884 [details]
page(s): 42; note: of Philine intricata Monterosato, 1884 [details]
Other
additional source
Malaquias, M. A. (2004). The opisthobranch molluscs described by the Reverend Robert Boog Watson from the Madeira archipelago (Northeast Atlantic, Portugal). <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 38(3): 231-240.
page(s): 238 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Malaquias M.A.E., Ohnheiser L.T., Oskars T.R. & Willassen E. (2017 [Code-compliant e-publication published 2016]). Diversity and systematics of philinid snails (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea) in West Africa with remarks on the biogeography of the region. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 180(1): 1-35., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12478
note: listed as a possible synonym of P. intricata [details]
page(s): 238 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Malaquias M.A.E., Ohnheiser L.T., Oskars T.R. & Willassen E. (2017 [Code-compliant e-publication published 2016]). Diversity and systematics of philinid snails (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea) in West Africa with remarks on the biogeography of the region. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 180(1): 1-35., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12478
note: listed as a possible synonym of P. intricata [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Ponta de São Lourenço and Santa Cruz, Madeira, and Porto Santo [details]
