MolluscaBase - Helix (Helicella) portosanctana var. gigantea R. T. Lowe, 1831

MolluscaBase name details

Helix (Helicella) portosanctana var. gigantea R. T. Lowe, 1831

AphiaID

1437758 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1437758)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym; preoccupied by Helix gigantea Scopoli 1786)

Accepted Name

Pseudocampylaea portosanctanae (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824)

Rank

Variety

Parent

Helix (Helicella) portosanctana G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 accepted as Pseudocampylaea portosanctanae (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824)

Environment

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

Original description

Lowe, R. T. (1831). Primitiae faunae et florae Maderae et Portus Sancti; sive species quaedam novae vel hactenus minus rite cognitae animalium et plantarum in his insulis degentium breviter descriptae. <em>Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.</em> 4 (1): 1-70, pl. 1-6. Cambridge., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13265840
page(s): 46, pl. 5 fig. 16 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helix (Helicella) portosanctana var. gigantea R. T. Lowe, 1831. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1437758 on 2025-03-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-05-29 18:04:06Z

created

Neubert, Eike

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description Lowe, R. T. (1831). Primitiae faunae et florae Maderae et Portus Sancti; sive species quaedam novae vel hactenus minus rite cognitae animalium et plantarum in his insulis degentium breviter descriptae. <em>Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.</em> 4 (1): 1-70, pl. 1-6. Cambridge., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13265840
page(s): 46, pl. 5 fig. 16 [details]