MolluscaBase - Macrochlamys perfucata (W. H. Benson, 1853)

MolluscaBase name details

Macrochlamys perfucata (W. H. Benson, 1853)

AphiaID

1450336 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1450336)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Tanychlamys perfucata (W. H. Benson, 1853)

Rank

Species

Parent

Macrochlamys W. H. Benson, 1836 accepted as Tanychlamys W. H. Benson, 1834

Original name

Helix perfucata W. H. Benson, 1853

Synonymised names

Microcystina perfucata (W. H. Benson, 1853) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Helix perfucata W. H. Benson, 1853) Benson, W. H. (1853). Characters of new land shells, collected by Edgar L. Layard, Esq., in Ceylon. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 12(68): 90-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22191524
page(s): 93 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Macrochlamys perfucata (W. H. Benson, 1853). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1450336 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-07-26 19:15:58Z

created

Páll-Gergely, Barna

2020-12-09 20:59:14Z

changed

Páll-Gergely, Barna

2024-04-10 09:07:15Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (2)

original description (of Helix perfucata W. H. Benson, 1853) Benson, W. H. (1853). Characters of new land shells, collected by Edgar L. Layard, Esq., in Ceylon. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 12(68): 90-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22191524
page(s): 93 [details]

basis of record Naggs, F. & Raheem, D. (2000). Land snail diversity in Sri Lanka. An illustrated guide prepared for the launch of the Darwin Initiative programme. Photography by Harold Taylor. The Natural History Museum, London. pages i-xiii, 1-203. 246 coloured plates. ISBN 0565091514 (printed version), ISBN 0565091565 (compact disc)., available online at https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/tropical-land-snails/taxa.dsml [details]