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Videna sanis (W. H. Benson, 1861)
1436265 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1436265)
accepted
Species
Helix sanis W. H. Benson, 1861 · unaccepted (original combination)
Benson, W. H. (1861). Characters of a gigantic <i>Helix</i> from southern India, and of other species from northern India, the Malayan Coast, and the Andaman Islands. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 7(38): 81-85., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16087066 [details]
Type locality contained in Andaman Islands
type locality contained in Andaman Islands [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Videna sanis (W. H. Benson, 1861). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1436265 on 2025-09-11
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Benson, W. H. (1861). Characters of a gigantic <i>Helix</i> from southern India, and of other species from northern India, the Malayan Coast, and the Andaman Islands. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 7(38): 81-85., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16087066 [details]
basis of record Ramakrishna, Mitra, S, C. & Dey, A. (2010). Annotated checklist of Indian land molluscs. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 359 pp.</em>
page(s): 319 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Preece, R. C., White, T. S., Raheem, D. C., Ketchum, H., Ablett, J., Taylor, H., Webb, K. & Naggs, F. (2022). William Benson and the golden age of malacology in British India: Biography, illustrated catalogue and evaluation of his molluscan types. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online at https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390
page(s): 164, Fig. 73 D [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Ramakrishna, Mitra, S, C. & Dey, A. (2010). Annotated checklist of Indian land molluscs. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 359 pp.</em>
page(s): 319 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Preece, R. C., White, T. S., Raheem, D. C., Ketchum, H., Ablett, J., Taylor, H., Webb, K. & Naggs, F. (2022). William Benson and the golden age of malacology in British India: Biography, illustrated catalogue and evaluation of his molluscan types. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online at https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390
page(s): 164, Fig. 73 D [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To GB Mollusca Types (Helix sanis W.H. Benson, 1861; Syntype(s); UMZC I.103140.A-B) (from synonym Helix sanis W. H. Benson, 1861)
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