MolluscaBase - Helix atlantica var. spectabilis Morelet, 1860

MolluscaBase name details

Helix atlantica var. spectabilis Morelet, 1860

AphiaID

1536973 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1536973)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior homonym (non Helix spectabilis L. Pfeiffer, 1844)

Accepted name

Hyalina spectabilis A. Milne-Edwards, 1885 accepted as Oxychilus spectabilis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1885)

Rank

Variety

Parent

Helix atlantica Morelet & Drouët, 1857 accepted as Oxychilus atlanticus (Morelet & Drouët, 1857)

Original name

Helix atlantica var. spectabilis Morelet, 1860

Environment

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

Original description

Morelet, A. (1860). Iles Açores. Notice sur l'histoire naturelle des Açores suivi d'une description des mollusques terrestres de cet archipel. <em>Baillère et fils, Paris.</em> 1-214 [+ 2], 5 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44501
page(s): 167, pl. 3, fig. 2 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Azores

type locality contained in Azores [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Helix atlantica var. spectabilis Morelet, 1860. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1536973 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-08-31 03:03:32Z

created

Köhler, Frank

2025-01-14 11:08:20Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (1)

original description Morelet, A. (1860). Iles Açores. Notice sur l'histoire naturelle des Açores suivi d'une description des mollusques terrestres de cet archipel. <em>Baillère et fils, Paris.</em> 1-214 [+ 2], 5 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44501
page(s): 167, pl. 3, fig. 2 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality