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Limnaea burnetti Alder, 1848
1465472 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1465472)
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Limnaea Blainville, 1824 accepted as Lymnaea Lamarck, 1799
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Alder J. (1848). Description of a new British Limnaea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 2.</em> 2: 396-397., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18686402
page(s): 396 [details]
page(s): 396 [details]
Note UK, Scotland, Dumfries-shire, Loch Skane Lake
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Type locality UK, Scotland, Dumfries-shire, Loch Skane Lake [details]
Taxonomic remark Woodward (1903: 362) brought some evidence that L. burnetti has some morphological peculiarities which distinguish it from...
Taxonomy Usually it is considered as a synonym of Myxas glutinosa (O.F. Müller, 1774) but possibly it is a ‘good’ species (see...
Taxonomic remark Woodward (1903: 362) brought some evidence that L. burnetti has some morphological peculiarities which distinguish it from M. glutinosa [details]
Taxonomy Usually it is considered as a synonym of Myxas glutinosa (O.F. Müller, 1774) but possibly it is a ‘good’ species (see...
Taxonomy Usually it is considered as a synonym of Myxas glutinosa (O.F. Müller, 1774) but possibly it is a ‘good’ species (see Kruglov & Starobogatov, 1993b) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Limnaea burnetti Alder, 1848. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1465472 on 2025-09-10
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Alder J. (1848). Description of a new British Limnaea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 2.</em> 2: 396-397., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18686402
page(s): 396 [details]
additional source Woodward B.B. (1903). List of British non-marine Mollusca. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 10: 352-367. [details]
page(s): 396 [details]
additional source Woodward B.B. (1903). List of British non-marine Mollusca. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 10: 352-367. [details]
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Morphology Woodward (1903: 362) brought some evidence that L. burnetti has some morphological peculiarities which distinguish it from Myxas glutinosa [details]Taxonomic remark Woodward (1903: 362) brought some evidence that L. burnetti has some morphological peculiarities which distinguish it from M. glutinosa [details]
Taxonomy Usually it is considered as a synonym of Myxas glutinosa (O.F. Müller, 1774) but possibly it is a ‘good’ species (see Kruglov & Starobogatov, 1993b) [details]
Type locality UK, Scotland, Dumfries-shire, Loch Skane Lake [details]
