MolluscaBase taxon details
Megalobulimus oblongus (O. F. Müller, 1774)
1446864 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1446864)
accepted
Species
Ampullaria rosea Spix, 1827 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Borus oblongus (O. F. Müller, 1774) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Bulimus (Borus) oblongus (O. F. Müller, 1774) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bulimus hemastomus de Roissy, 1805 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Bulimus oblongus (O. F. Müller, 1774) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bulimus roseus Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Bulimus vaporeus Mousson, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulla occidua G. Shaw, 1797 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix oblonga O. F. Müller, 1774 · unaccepted (original name)
Helix ovalis W. Wood, 1818 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix ovipara Solander, 1786 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix semilineata Menke, 1828 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Strophocheilus (Borus) capillaceus A. Weber, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Strophocheilus (Borus) oblongus (O. F. Müller, 1774) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Strophocheilus (Megalobulimus) oblongus (O. F. Müller, 1774) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Strophocheilus oblongus (O. F. Müller, 1774) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Strophochilus oblongus (O. F. Müller, 1774) · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Subspecies Megalobulimus oblongus lorentzianus (Doering, 1876)
- Subspecies Megalobulimus oblongus musculus (Bequaert, 1948)
- Subspecies Megalobulimus oblongus oblongus (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Subspecies Megalobulimus oblongus perelongatus (Bequaert, 1948)
- Variety Megalobulimus oblongus var. tobagoensis (Pilsbry, 1895) accepted as Megalobulimus albus (Bland & W. G. Binney, 1872) (junior synonym)
(of Helix oblonga O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. vol 2. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Mölleriana. I-XXXVI, 1-214 pp, 10 unnumbered pages. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715
page(s): 86 [details]
page(s): 86 [details]
Note Not given
Type locality Not given [details]
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original description
(of Helix oblonga O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. vol 2. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Mölleriana. I-XXXVI, 1-214 pp, 10 unnumbered pages. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715
page(s): 86 [details]
original description (of Ampullaria rosea Spix, 1827) Wagner, J. A. (1827). <i>Testacea fluviatilia quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX [1817-1820] jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis augustissimi suscepto, collegit et pingenda curavit Dr. J. B. de Spix (...), digessit, descripsit et observationibus illustravit Dr. J. A. Wagner</i>. Munich: C. Wolf. pp. i-iv, 1-36, plates 1-29. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39465053
page(s): pl. 4, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Helix semilineata Menke, 1828) Menke, K. T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. XII + 91 pp. [late in 1828]. Pyrmonti., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13119590
page(s): 75 [details]
original description (of Helix ovipara Solander, 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 87, 155, 163, 174; note: referring to Lister, a pre-Linnean work, making the name thus available [details]
original description (of Strophocheilus (Borus) capillaceus A. Weber, 1925) Weber, A. (1925). Konchyliologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise Dr. v. Lützelburg's in Brasilien. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 50: 273-283, pl. 5, figs. 1-6. [details]
original description (of Bulimus vaporeus Mousson, 1869) Mousson, A. (1869). Notiz über einige von Herrn Gustav Wallis aus dem nördlichen Südamerika zurückgebrachte Mollusken. Malakozoologische Blätter, 16: 170-189. Cassel., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16224381
page(s): 174 [details]
basis of record Simone, L. R. L. (2006). <i>Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil</i>. Editora Gráfica Bernardi, FAPESP. São Paulo, 390 pp.
page(s): 214 [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. & Muratov, I. V. (2006). Status report on the terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 155: 117-161; Erratum: 156: 401 (2007).
page(s): 154 [details]
additional source Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. <em>PeerJ.</em> 5, e3065., available online at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5354113/#
page(s): 105, fig. 38D [details]
additional source Chase, R. & Robinson, D. G. (2001). The uncertain history of land snails on Barbados: implications for conservation. <em>Malacologia.</em> 43(1-2): 33-57., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13142882
page(s): 49-50 [details]
additional source Robinson, D. G., Fields, A. & Zimmerman, F. J. (2004). The terrestrial malacofauna of Trinidad and Tobago. <em>Interim report.</em> 1-21.
page(s): 14 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 86 [details]
original description (of Ampullaria rosea Spix, 1827) Wagner, J. A. (1827). <i>Testacea fluviatilia quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX [1817-1820] jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis augustissimi suscepto, collegit et pingenda curavit Dr. J. B. de Spix (...), digessit, descripsit et observationibus illustravit Dr. J. A. Wagner</i>. Munich: C. Wolf. pp. i-iv, 1-36, plates 1-29. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39465053
page(s): pl. 4, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Helix semilineata Menke, 1828) Menke, K. T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. XII + 91 pp. [late in 1828]. Pyrmonti., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13119590
page(s): 75 [details]
original description (of Helix ovipara Solander, 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 87, 155, 163, 174; note: referring to Lister, a pre-Linnean work, making the name thus available [details]
original description (of Strophocheilus (Borus) capillaceus A. Weber, 1925) Weber, A. (1925). Konchyliologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise Dr. v. Lützelburg's in Brasilien. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 50: 273-283, pl. 5, figs. 1-6. [details]
original description (of Bulimus vaporeus Mousson, 1869) Mousson, A. (1869). Notiz über einige von Herrn Gustav Wallis aus dem nördlichen Südamerika zurückgebrachte Mollusken. Malakozoologische Blätter, 16: 170-189. Cassel., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16224381
page(s): 174 [details]
basis of record Simone, L. R. L. (2006). <i>Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil</i>. Editora Gráfica Bernardi, FAPESP. São Paulo, 390 pp.
page(s): 214 [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. & Muratov, I. V. (2006). Status report on the terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 155: 117-161; Erratum: 156: 401 (2007).
page(s): 154 [details]
additional source Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. <em>PeerJ.</em> 5, e3065., available online at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5354113/#
page(s): 105, fig. 38D [details]
additional source Chase, R. & Robinson, D. G. (2001). The uncertain history of land snails on Barbados: implications for conservation. <em>Malacologia.</em> 43(1-2): 33-57., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13142882
page(s): 49-50 [details]
additional source Robinson, D. G., Fields, A. & Zimmerman, F. J. (2004). The terrestrial malacofauna of Trinidad and Tobago. <em>Interim report.</em> 1-21.
page(s): 14 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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