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Leptaxis psammophora (R. T. Lowe, 1852) †
1447101 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1447101)
accepted
Species
Helix (Leptaxis) psammophora R. T. Lowe, 1852 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Leptaxis (Katostoma) granularis Groh, 1983 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptaxis (Katostoma) psammophora (R. T. Lowe, 1852) † · alternative representation
fossil only
(of Helix (Leptaxis) psammophora R. T. Lowe, 1852 †) Lowe, R. T. (1852). Brief diagnostic notices of new Maderan land shells. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 9 (50): 112-120; (2) 9 (52): 275-279. London [1 February; 1 April]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2362893
page(s): 113 [details]
page(s): 113 [details]
Type locality contained in Porto Santo
type locality contained in Porto Santo [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leptaxis psammophora (R. T. Lowe, 1852) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1447101 on 2025-04-17
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original description
(of Helix (Leptaxis) psammophora R. T. Lowe, 1852 †) Lowe, R. T. (1852). Brief diagnostic notices of new Maderan land shells. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 9 (50): 112-120; (2) 9 (52): 275-279. London [1 February; 1 April]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2362893
page(s): 113 [details]
original description (of Leptaxis (Katostoma) granularis Groh, 1983 †) Groh, K. (1983). Eine neue <em>Leptaxis</em>-Art aus den quartären Schneckensanden von Porto Santo (Mandeira) (Pulmonata: Helicidae). <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 114 (1/3): 59-64. Frankfurt am Main.
page(s): 60-62, figs 1, 2 [details]
basis of record Seddon, M.B. (2008). The landsnails of Madeira. The illustrated compendium of the landsnails and slugs of the Madeiran archipelago. Biotir Reports [Studies in biodiversity and systematics of terrestrial organisms], 2: i-viii, 1-196. Cardiff [June].,
page(s): 83-84, pl. 30F [details]
page(s): 113 [details]
original description (of Leptaxis (Katostoma) granularis Groh, 1983 †) Groh, K. (1983). Eine neue <em>Leptaxis</em>-Art aus den quartären Schneckensanden von Porto Santo (Mandeira) (Pulmonata: Helicidae). <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 114 (1/3): 59-64. Frankfurt am Main.
page(s): 60-62, figs 1, 2 [details]
basis of record Seddon, M.B. (2008). The landsnails of Madeira. The illustrated compendium of the landsnails and slugs of the Madeiran archipelago. Biotir Reports [Studies in biodiversity and systematics of terrestrial organisms], 2: i-viii, 1-196. Cardiff [June].,
page(s): 83-84, pl. 30F [details]




To GB Mollusca Types (Helix (Leptaxis) psammophora Lowe, 1852; Syntype(s); 407435–407439) (from synonym Helix (Leptaxis) psammophora R. T. Lowe, 1852 †)
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