MolluscaBase taxon details
Mesembrinus lamas (E. T. Higgins, 1868)
1784573 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1784573)
accepted
Species
Bulimus (Otostomus) lamas E. T. Higgins, 1868 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Drymaeus (Drymaeus) lamas (E. T. Higgins, 1868) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Drymaeus lamas (E. T. Higgins, 1868) · unaccepted > superseded combination
recent only
(of Bulimus (Otostomus) lamas E. T. Higgins, 1868) Higgins, E. T. (1868). Description of six new species of shells. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1868): 178-180 , pl. 14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664679
page(s): 179, pl. 14, figs. 3, 3a [details]
page(s): 179, pl. 14, figs. 3, 3a [details]
Type locality contained in Peru
type locality contained in Peru (origin: native) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mesembrinus lamas (E. T. Higgins, 1868). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1784573 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Bulimus (Otostomus) lamas E. T. Higgins, 1868) Higgins, E. T. (1868). Description of six new species of shells. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1868): 178-180 , pl. 14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664679
page(s): 179, pl. 14, figs. 3, 3a [details]
basis of record Breure, A. S. H.; Oroño, E. S.; Ablett, J. D.; Vega-Luz, R.; Ávila, V. M. (2024). Struggling with shells: Drymaeus Albers, 1850 and Mesembrinus Albers, 1850 species (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bulimulidae) from Peru—an illustrated checklist and descriptions of new species. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 42(2): 293-367., available online at https://doi.org/10.61733/jconch/4530 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 179, pl. 14, figs. 3, 3a [details]
basis of record Breure, A. S. H.; Oroño, E. S.; Ablett, J. D.; Vega-Luz, R.; Ávila, V. M. (2024). Struggling with shells: Drymaeus Albers, 1850 and Mesembrinus Albers, 1850 species (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bulimulidae) from Peru—an illustrated checklist and descriptions of new species. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 42(2): 293-367., available online at https://doi.org/10.61733/jconch/4530 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To NHMUK collection (Bulimus (Otostomus) lamas Higgins, 1868; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2649703) (from synonym Bulimus (Otostomus) lamas E. T. Higgins, 1868)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
