MolluscaBase name details
Helix (Pomatia) moabitica Goldfuss, 1893
1475116 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1475116)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Helix (Pomatia) H. Beck, 1837 accepted as Helix Linnaeus, 1758
- Subspecies Helix (Pomatia) moabitica blanckenhorni Kobelt, 1904 accepted as Helix asemnis Bourguignat, 1860 (junior synonym)
Goldfuss, O. (1893). Eine neue Pomatia. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 25: 86., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15601265 [details]
Lectotype SMF 9620
, Note “Wadi Medjib, Moab, ad ora orientalia maris...
Lectotype SMF 9620 [details]
Type locality “Wadi Medjib, Moab, ad ora orientalia maris mortui” [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Helix (Pomatia) moabitica Goldfuss, 1893. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1475116 on 2025-09-12
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Goldfuss, O. (1893). Eine neue Pomatia. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 25: 86., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15601265 [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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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

Lectotype SMF 9620 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality “Wadi Medjib, Moab, ad ora orientalia maris mortui” [details]