MolluscaBase - Pterodiscus wesleyi (Sykes, 1896)

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Pterodiscus wesleyi (Sykes, 1896)

AphiaID

1722510 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1722510)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Tropidoptera wesleyi (Sykes, 1896)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pterodiscus Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Tropidoptera Ancey, 1889

Original name

Endodonta (Pterodiscus) wesleyi Sykes, 1896

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Subspecies Pterodiscus wesleyi ewaensis Pilsbry, 1911 accepted as Tropidoptera wesleyi ewaensis (Pilsbry, 1911) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Endodonta (Pterodiscus) wesleyi Sykes, 1896) Sykes, E. R. (1896). Preliminary diagnoses of new species of non-marine Mollusca from the Hawaiian Islands. Part I. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 2: 126-132., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15036539
page(s): 127 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pterodiscus wesleyi (Sykes, 1896). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1722510 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2023-12-13 00:00:12Z

created

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description (of Endodonta (Pterodiscus) wesleyi Sykes, 1896) Sykes, E. R. (1896). Preliminary diagnoses of new species of non-marine Mollusca from the Hawaiian Islands. Part I. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 2: 126-132., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15036539
page(s): 127 [details]