MolluscaBase - Mesembrinus (Mormus) expansus (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)

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Mesembrinus (Mormus) expansus (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)

AphiaID

1636183 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1636183)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Drymaeus expansus (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)

Rank

Species

Parent

Mesembrinus (Mormus) E. von Martens, 1860 accepted as Drymaeus Albers, 1850

Original name

Bulimus expansus L. Pfeiffer, 1848

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Subspecies Mesembrinus (Mormus) expansus altorum Weyrauch, 1958 accepted as Drymaeus expansus (L. Pfeiffer, 1848) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subspecies Mesembrinus (Mormus) expansus orcesi Weyrauch, 1958 accepted as Drymaeus expansus (L. Pfeiffer, 1848) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Bulimus expansus L. Pfeiffer, 1848) Pfeiffer, L. (1848). Monographia Heliceorum viventium. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium huius familiae generum et specierum hodie cognitarum. Volumen secundum. (1): 1–160 [< 29 June]; (2): 161–320 [< 5 October]; (3): 321–594 [< 30 November]. Lipsiae: F.A. Brockhaus., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14400504
page(s): 60 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mesembrinus (Mormus) expansus (L. Pfeiffer, 1848). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1636183 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2023-02-09 09:11:21Z

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Páll-Gergely, Barna

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Sources (2)

original description (of Bulimus expansus L. Pfeiffer, 1848) Pfeiffer, L. (1848). Monographia Heliceorum viventium. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium huius familiae generum et specierum hodie cognitarum. Volumen secundum. (1): 1–160 [< 29 June]; (2): 161–320 [< 5 October]; (3): 321–594 [< 30 November]. Lipsiae: F.A. Brockhaus., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14400504
page(s): 60 [details]

basis of record Weyrauch, W. K. (1958). Neue Landschnecken und neue Synonyme aus Südamerika, 1. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 87 (4/6): 91-139, pl. 6-9. Frankfurt am Main.
page(s): 129 [details] Available for editors

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