MolluscaBase name details
Helix (Xerophila) mesopotamica Mousson, 1874
1421978 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1421978)
unaccepted > superseded combination (original name)
Species
Helix (Xerophila) Held, 1838 accepted as Theba Risso, 1826
Mousson, A. (1874). Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles recueillies par M. le Dr Alex. Schlaefli en Orient. Journal de Conchyliologie, 22 (1): 5-60. Paris [21 January]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15661760
page(s): 22 [details]
page(s): 22 [details]
Note “dans toute la vallée de la...
Type locality “dans toute la vallée de la Mésopotamie”; Iraq: “à Ninive, à Tekrit, à Bagdad et à Samava” (Schläfli) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Helix (Xerophila) mesopotamica Mousson, 1874. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1421978 on 2025-09-11
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Mousson, A. (1874). Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles recueillies par M. le Dr Alex. Schlaefli en Orient. Journal de Conchyliologie, 22 (1): 5-60. Paris [21 January]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15661760
page(s): 22 [details]
identification resource Neubert, E.; Gosteli, M.; Bank, R. A. (2023). The molluscan species (Gastropoda; Bivalvia) described by Albert Mousson (1805–1890) and his collection in Zurich. <em>Vita Malacologica.</em> 21: 1-165 [31 May 2023].
page(s): 98, Plate 27, Fig. 5 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 22 [details]
identification resource Neubert, E.; Gosteli, M.; Bank, R. A. (2023). The molluscan species (Gastropoda; Bivalvia) described by Albert Mousson (1805–1890) and his collection in Zurich. <em>Vita Malacologica.</em> 21: 1-165 [31 May 2023].
page(s): 98, Plate 27, Fig. 5 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype ZMZ 504560 [details]
Syntype ZMZ 504565 [details]
Syntype ZMZ 504566 [details]
Syntype ZMZ 504567 [details]
Syntype ZMZ 504568 [details]
Syntype ZMZ 529959 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality “dans toute la vallée de la Mésopotamie”; Iraq: “à Ninive, à Tekrit, à Bagdad et à Samava” (Schläfli) [details]
