MolluscaBase - Partulina (Partulina) dwightii (Newcomb, 1855)

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Partulina (Partulina) dwightii (Newcomb, 1855)

AphiaID

1486976 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1486976)

Classification

Status

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Accepted name

Partulina dwightii (Newcomb, 1855)

Rank

Species

Parent

Partulina (Partulina) L. Pfeiffer, 1854 represented as Partulina L. Pfeiffer, 1854

Original name

Achatinella dwightii Newcomb, 1855

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Variety Partulina (Partulina) dwightii var. occidentalis Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1914 accepted as Partulina dwightii occidentalis Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1914 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subspecies Partulina (Partulina) dwightii compta Pease, 1869 represented as Partulina dwightii compta Pease, 1869
Subspecies Partulina (Partulina) dwightii macrodon Borcherding, 1901 represented as Partulina dwightii macrodon Borcherding, 1901
Subspecies Partulina (Partulina) dwightii mucida (Baldwin, 1895) represented as Partulina dwightii mucida (Baldwin, 1895)
Variety Partulina (Partulina) dwightii var. concomitans Hyatt, 1912 represented as Partulina dwightii var. concomitans Hyatt, 1912 accepted as Partulina dwightii (Newcomb, 1855)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Achatinella dwightii Newcomb, 1855) Newcomb, W. (1855). Descriptions of new species of Achatinella. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 6: 142-147., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16023732
page(s): 145. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Partulina (Partulina) dwightii (Newcomb, 1855). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1486976 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2021-03-03 10:14:59Z

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Herbert, David

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original description (of Achatinella dwightii Newcomb, 1855) Newcomb, W. (1855). Descriptions of new species of Achatinella. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 6: 142-147., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16023732
page(s): 145. [details]

basis of record Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands. vi + 248 pp. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.
page(s): 69 [details] Available for editors

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