MolluscaBase name details
Helix nilotica Bourguignat, 1863
1475112 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1475112)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Bourguignat, J.-R. (1863-1868). Mollusques nouveaux, litigieux ou peu connus. Tome 1 (= "Première centurie (Mars 1863 à Décembre 1868)") 324 pp., pls 1-45 (1863-1868); 1: 1-22, pls 1-4 [> 1.III.1863]; 2: 23-49, pls 5-7 [> 1.V.1863]; 3: 51-82, pls 8-11 [1864]; 4: 83-130, pls 12-19 [> 1.V.1864]; 5: 131-170, pls 20-28 [> 1.XI.1865]; 6: 171-198, pls 29-31 [> 1.I.1866]; 7: 199-221, pls 32-34 [> 1.II.1866]; 8: 223-257, pls 31, 35-38 [> 1.XII.1867]; 9: 259-294, pls 39-41 [> 1.IX.1868]; 10: 295-324, pls 42-45 [> 1.XII.1868]. Paris (F. SAVY). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11096407
page(s): 15–16, pl. 2 fi gs 10–12 [details]
page(s): 15–16, pl. 2 fi gs 10–12 [details]
Note “dans les endroits ombragés sur les rives...
Type locality “dans les endroits ombragés sur les rives du Nil, non loin de Damiette” [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Helix nilotica Bourguignat, 1863. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1475112 on 2025-09-11
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Bourguignat, J.-R. (1863-1868). Mollusques nouveaux, litigieux ou peu connus. Tome 1 (= "Première centurie (Mars 1863 à Décembre 1868)") 324 pp., pls 1-45 (1863-1868); 1: 1-22, pls 1-4 [> 1.III.1863]; 2: 23-49, pls 5-7 [> 1.V.1863]; 3: 51-82, pls 8-11 [1864]; 4: 83-130, pls 12-19 [> 1.V.1864]; 5: 131-170, pls 20-28 [> 1.XI.1865]; 6: 171-198, pls 29-31 [> 1.I.1866]; 7: 199-221, pls 32-34 [> 1.II.1866]; 8: 223-257, pls 31, 35-38 [> 1.XII.1867]; 9: 259-294, pls 39-41 [> 1.IX.1868]; 10: 295-324, pls 42-45 [> 1.XII.1868]. Paris (F. SAVY). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11096407
page(s): 15–16, pl. 2 fi gs 10–12 [details]
source of synonymy Neubert, E. (2014). Revision of Helix Linnaeus, 1758 in its eastern Mediterranean distribution area, and reassignment of Helix godetiana Kobelt, 1878 to Maltzanella Hesse, 1917 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae). Contributions to Natural History, 26: 1-200. Bern [5 December].
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page(s): 15–16, pl. 2 fi gs 10–12 [details]
source of synonymy Neubert, E. (2014). Revision of Helix Linnaeus, 1758 in its eastern Mediterranean distribution area, and reassignment of Helix godetiana Kobelt, 1878 to Maltzanella Hesse, 1917 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae). Contributions to Natural History, 26: 1-200. Bern [5 December].
page(s): 72 [details] Available for editors

Syntype MHNG-MOLL 17975 [details]
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Type locality “dans les endroits ombragés sur les rives du Nil, non loin de Damiette” [details]