MolluscaBase - Helix (Caracolla) arecibensis L. Pfeiffer, 1856

MolluscaBase name details

Helix (Caracolla) arecibensis L. Pfeiffer, 1856

AphiaID

1550676 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1550676)

Classification

Status

uncertain

Rank

Species

Parent

Helix (Caracolla) Albers, 1850 accepted as Caracolla Albers, 1850 accepted as Caracolus Montfort, 1810

Original name

Helix arecibensis L. Pfeiffer, 1856

Environment

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

Original description

(of Helix arecibensis L. Pfeiffer, 1856) Pfeiffer, L. (1856). Diagnosen neuer Landschnecken. Malakozoologische Blätter. Cassel (Theodor Fischer). 3 (12): 43-48 [April 1856]; 3 (13): 49-52 [Juli 1856]; 3 (16): 206-209 [Dezember 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15865010
page(s): 44-45 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helix (Caracolla) arecibensis L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1550676 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-12-04 16:29:06Z

created

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description (of Helix arecibensis L. Pfeiffer, 1856) Pfeiffer, L. (1856). Diagnosen neuer Landschnecken. Malakozoologische Blätter. Cassel (Theodor Fischer). 3 (12): 43-48 [April 1856]; 3 (13): 49-52 [Juli 1856]; 3 (16): 206-209 [Dezember 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15865010
page(s): 44-45 [details]

basis of record Martens, E. von. (1877). Land- und Süsswasser-Schnecken von Puerto Rico. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 4(3): 340-362, pl. 12, figs. 2-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16297195
page(s): 355 [details]