MolluscaBase taxon details
Succinea approximans Shuttleworth, 1854
1502229 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1502229)
accepted
Species
Succinea approximans martiniana Mazé, 1890 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Succinea approximans var. martiniana Mazé, 1890 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Subspecies Succinea approximans martiniana Mazé, 1890 accepted as Succinea approximans Shuttleworth, 1854 (junior synonym)
- Variety Succinea approximans var. martiniana Mazé, 1890 accepted as Succinea approximans martiniana Mazé, 1890 accepted as Succinea approximans Shuttleworth, 1854 (original combination)
Shuttleworth, R. J. (1854). Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken der Insel Portorico. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern.</em> 1854 (314/316): 33-56., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11231275
page(s): 55-56 [details]
page(s): 55-56 [details]
Type locality contained in Puerto Rico
, Note "prope San Juan, Fajardo, Ceiba, Humacao,...
type locality contained in Puerto Rico [details]
Type locality "prope San Juan, Fajardo, Ceiba, Humacao, Luquillo
et ad Rio Blanco", leg. Blauner 1853 [details]
et ad Rio Blanco", leg. Blauner 1853 [details]
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Shuttleworth, R. J. (1854). Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken der Insel Portorico. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern.</em> 1854 (314/316): 33-56., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11231275
page(s): 55-56 [details]
basis of record van der Schalie, H. (1948). The land and fresh-water mollusks of Puerto Rico. <em>Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Miscellaneous Publications.</em> no. 70: 1-134. (Ann Arbor).
page(s): 42, pl. 4, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1866). On the terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca of Trinidad. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 3.</em> 17: 42-56., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16057071
page(s): 48 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1868). On the terrestrial mollusks of Dominica and Grenada, with an account of some new species from Trinidad. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 1: 429-442., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22248819
page(s): 433, 437 [details]
additional source Hovestadt A. & Neckheim C. M. (2020). A critical checklist of the non-marine molluscs of St. Martin, with notes on the terrestrial malacofauna of Anguilla and Saint-Barthélemy, and the description of a new subspecies. <em>Folia Conchyliologica.</em> 57: 1-38., available online at http://cernuelle.com/file/Folia conchyliologica 57.pdf
page(s): 14-15 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1866). Catalogue of the land and freshwater Mollusca of Trinidad. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 1(1): 10-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54074897
page(s): 15 [details]
additional source Martens, E. von. (1877). Land- und Süsswasser-Schnecken von Puerto Rico. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 4(3): 340-362, pl. 12, figs. 2-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16297195
page(s): 353 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1872). Third series of additions to the catalogue of the land and freshwater Mollusca of Trinidad: with a revised list of all the species. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(1): 17-25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54077973
page(s): 23 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1875). On the occurrence of <i>Helix coactiliata</i> in Trinidad; with remarks on the distribution of the land and freshwater Mollusca of that island. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1875: 318-322., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28501545
page(s): 320 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1875). A list of the land and freshwater shells of Trinidad, showing the distribution of the species. <em>The Quarterly Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(7): 109-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16283512
page(s): 110 [details]
additional source Bland, T. (1869). Notes on the land-shells of Trinidad, Grenada and Dominica, and also of Curacao and Buen Ayre, W. I. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 4(4): 177-192., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16070286
page(s): 187, 189, 191 [details]
additional source Coomans, H. E. (1967). The non-marine Mollusca of St. Martin. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands: no. 94.</em> 24(1): 118-145.
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Robinson, D. G., Fields, A. & Zimmerman, F. J. (2004). The terrestrial malacofauna of Trinidad and Tobago. <em>Interim report.</em> 1-21.
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Bertrand, A. (2002). Notes sur les mollusques terrestres de Saint-Martin (Petites Antilles). <em>Documents Malacologiques.</em> 2(2001): 35-37.
page(s): 36 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Crosse, H. (1890). Faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile de l'Ile de la Trinité (Antilles). <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 38: 35-65, pl. 2. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15928526#page/41/
page(s): 47 [details]
identification resource Neubert, E. & Gosteli, M. (2003). The molluscan species described by Robert James Shuttleworth. I. Gastropoda: Pulmonata. Contributions to Natural History, 1: 1-123. Bern [20 August].
page(s): 12, plate 2 Fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 55-56 [details]
basis of record van der Schalie, H. (1948). The land and fresh-water mollusks of Puerto Rico. <em>Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Miscellaneous Publications.</em> no. 70: 1-134. (Ann Arbor).
page(s): 42, pl. 4, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors

additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1866). On the terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca of Trinidad. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 3.</em> 17: 42-56., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16057071
page(s): 48 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1868). On the terrestrial mollusks of Dominica and Grenada, with an account of some new species from Trinidad. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 1: 429-442., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22248819
page(s): 433, 437 [details]
additional source Hovestadt A. & Neckheim C. M. (2020). A critical checklist of the non-marine molluscs of St. Martin, with notes on the terrestrial malacofauna of Anguilla and Saint-Barthélemy, and the description of a new subspecies. <em>Folia Conchyliologica.</em> 57: 1-38., available online at http://cernuelle.com/file/Folia conchyliologica 57.pdf
page(s): 14-15 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1866). Catalogue of the land and freshwater Mollusca of Trinidad. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 1(1): 10-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54074897
page(s): 15 [details]
additional source Martens, E. von. (1877). Land- und Süsswasser-Schnecken von Puerto Rico. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 4(3): 340-362, pl. 12, figs. 2-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16297195
page(s): 353 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1872). Third series of additions to the catalogue of the land and freshwater Mollusca of Trinidad: with a revised list of all the species. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(1): 17-25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54077973
page(s): 23 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1875). On the occurrence of <i>Helix coactiliata</i> in Trinidad; with remarks on the distribution of the land and freshwater Mollusca of that island. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1875: 318-322., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28501545
page(s): 320 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1875). A list of the land and freshwater shells of Trinidad, showing the distribution of the species. <em>The Quarterly Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(7): 109-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16283512
page(s): 110 [details]
additional source Bland, T. (1869). Notes on the land-shells of Trinidad, Grenada and Dominica, and also of Curacao and Buen Ayre, W. I. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 4(4): 177-192., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16070286
page(s): 187, 189, 191 [details]
additional source Coomans, H. E. (1967). The non-marine Mollusca of St. Martin. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands: no. 94.</em> 24(1): 118-145.
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors

additional source Robinson, D. G., Fields, A. & Zimmerman, F. J. (2004). The terrestrial malacofauna of Trinidad and Tobago. <em>Interim report.</em> 1-21.
page(s): 15 [details] Available for editors

additional source Bertrand, A. (2002). Notes sur les mollusques terrestres de Saint-Martin (Petites Antilles). <em>Documents Malacologiques.</em> 2(2001): 35-37.
page(s): 36 [details] Available for editors

additional source Crosse, H. (1890). Faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile de l'Ile de la Trinité (Antilles). <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 38: 35-65, pl. 2. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15928526#page/41/
page(s): 47 [details]
identification resource Neubert, E. & Gosteli, M. (2003). The molluscan species described by Robert James Shuttleworth. I. Gastropoda: Pulmonata. Contributions to Natural History, 1: 1-123. Bern [20 August].
page(s): 12, plate 2 Fig. 1 [details] Available for editors





Syntype NMBE 18942 [details]
Syntype NMBE 18943 [details]
Syntype NMBE 18944 [details]
Syntype NMBE 18945 [details]
Syntype NMBE 18946 [details]
Syntype NMBE 18947 [details]
Syntype NMBE 18948 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality "prope San Juan, Fajardo, Ceiba, Humacao, Luquilloet ad Rio Blanco", leg. Blauner 1853 [details]