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Helix caperata var. hierochuntica Westerlund, 1889
1741084 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1741084)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original name)
Variety
Helix caperata Montagu, 1803 accepted as Candidula intersecta (Poiret, 1801) accepted as Xeroplexa intersecta (Poiret, 1801)
Westerlund, C. A. (1889). <i>Fauna der in der paläarctischen Region (Europa, Kaukasien, Sibirien, Turan, Persien, Kurdistan, Armenien, Mesopotamien, Kleinasien, Syrien, Arabien, Egypten, Tripolis, Tunesien, Algerien und Marocco) lebenden Binnenconchylien. II. Gen. Helix</i>. Berlin: R. Friedländer. pp. 473 + 31 (Register)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10893365
page(s): 297 [details]
page(s): 297 [details]
Nomenclature 1) Kobelt mentions this name referring to Roth (1855) as a nomen nudum in the synonymy of Helix langloisiana
2) Roth...
2) Roth...
Nomenclature 1) Kobelt mentions this name referring to Roth (1855) as a nomen nudum in the synonymy of Helix langloisiana
2) Roth (1855) introduces hierochuntica not as a taxon name, but as part of a description [details]
2) Roth (1855) introduces hierochuntica not as a taxon name, but as part of a description [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Helix caperata var. hierochuntica Westerlund, 1889. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1741084 on 2025-09-10
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Westerlund, C. A. (1889). <i>Fauna der in der paläarctischen Region (Europa, Kaukasien, Sibirien, Turan, Persien, Kurdistan, Armenien, Mesopotamien, Kleinasien, Syrien, Arabien, Egypten, Tripolis, Tunesien, Algerien und Marocco) lebenden Binnenconchylien. II. Gen. Helix</i>. Berlin: R. Friedländer. pp. 473 + 31 (Register)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10893365
page(s): 297 [details]
basis of record Forcart, L. (1976). Die Cochlicellinae und Helicellinae von Palästina und Sinai. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 106 [1975] (4/6): 123-189. Frankfurt am Main [4 February].
page(s): 156; note: incorrectly attributed the name to Kobelt (1878) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Kobelt, W. & Boettger, O. (1878-1879). In: Rossmässler, E.A., Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser-Mollusken mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten, (1) 6 (1/3): 1-48, pl. 151-165 [24. July 1878]; (1) 6 (4/6): 49-50, pl. 166 [Kobelt, W.], 52-153, pl. 167-178 [Boettger, O.]; [10. August 1879]. Wiesbaden (Kreidel)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16288413
page(s): 10 [details]
additional source Roth, J. R. (1855). Spicilegium molluscorum orientalium annis 1852 et 1853 collectorum. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 2 (8): 17-58, pl. 1-2. Cassel [February]. Note: Reprinted under the title Spicilegium molluscorum terris orientalis provinciae mediterranensis pecularium, ex novis inde reportatis collectionibus compilatum: 41 pp., pl. 1-2. Cassel (Th. Fischer).
page(s): 28 [details]
page(s): 297 [details]
basis of record Forcart, L. (1976). Die Cochlicellinae und Helicellinae von Palästina und Sinai. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 106 [1975] (4/6): 123-189. Frankfurt am Main [4 February].
page(s): 156; note: incorrectly attributed the name to Kobelt (1878) [details] Available for editors

additional source Kobelt, W. & Boettger, O. (1878-1879). In: Rossmässler, E.A., Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser-Mollusken mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten, (1) 6 (1/3): 1-48, pl. 151-165 [24. July 1878]; (1) 6 (4/6): 49-50, pl. 166 [Kobelt, W.], 52-153, pl. 167-178 [Boettger, O.]; [10. August 1879]. Wiesbaden (Kreidel)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16288413
page(s): 10 [details]
additional source Roth, J. R. (1855). Spicilegium molluscorum orientalium annis 1852 et 1853 collectorum. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 2 (8): 17-58, pl. 1-2. Cassel [February]. Note: Reprinted under the title Spicilegium molluscorum terris orientalis provinciae mediterranensis pecularium, ex novis inde reportatis collectionibus compilatum: 41 pp., pl. 1-2. Cassel (Th. Fischer).
page(s): 28 [details]
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Nomenclature 1) Kobelt mentions this name referring to Roth (1855) as a nomen nudum in the synonymy of Helix langloisiana2) Roth (1855) introduces hierochuntica not as a taxon name, but as part of a description [details]