MolluscaBase taxon details
Vallonia costata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
819969 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:819969)
accepted
Species
Helix (Vallonia) brochoni Degrange-Touzin, 1893 · unaccepted
Helix (Vallonia) costata O. F. Müller, 1774 · unaccepted
Helix (Vallonia) costellata F. Sandberger, 1873 † · unaccepted
Helix costata O. F. Müller, 1774 · unaccepted
Helix crenella Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted
Helix pulchella costata O. F. Müller, 1774 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Helix pulchella var. costellata F. Sandberger, 1873 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbo helicinus Lightfoot, 1786 · unaccepted
Vallonia (Vallonia) costata (O. F. Müller, 1774) · unaccepted
Vallonia costata var. helvetica Sterki, 1893 · unaccepted
Vallonia costata var. pyrenaica Sterki, 1893 · unaccepted
Vallonia costataeformis Jooss, 1912 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Vallonia jurassica Geyer, 1908 · unaccepted
Vallonia pulchella var. costata (O. F. Müller, 1774) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Vallonia rosalia Risso, 1826 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Vallonia costata euryomphalus Bartha, 1954 † accepted as Vallonia subcyclophorella (Gottschick, 1911) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Vallonia costata var. amurensis Sterki in Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Vallonia patens Reinhardt, 1883 (junior synonym)
- Variety Vallonia costata var. helvetica Sterki, 1893 accepted as Vallonia costata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Variety Vallonia costata var. minor Sterki, 1893 accepted as Vallonia parvula Sterki, 1893
- Variety Vallonia costata var. montana Sterki, 1893 accepted as Vallonia gracilicosta Reinhardt, 1883
- Variety Vallonia costata var. pyrenaica Sterki, 1893 accepted as Vallonia costata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
(of Helix costata O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. vol 2: I-XXXVI, 1-214, 10 unnumbered pages. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Molleriana., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715
page(s): 31 [details]
page(s): 31 [details]
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original description
(of Vallonia rosalia Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. F.-G. Levrault, Paris, viii + 439 pp. + pls 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50455192
page(s): 102 [details]
original description (of Vallonia costataeformis Jooss, 1912) Jooss, C.H. (1912). Neue Landschnecken aus dem Obermiocän von Steinheim am Aalbuch in Württemberg. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 44(1): 30-45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15107739
page(s): 35, pl. 2, figs 5-5a [details]
original description (of Helix costata O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. vol 2: I-XXXVI, 1-214, 10 unnumbered pages. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Molleriana., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715
page(s): 31 [details]
original description (of Turbo helicinus Lightfoot, 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). An account of some minute British shells, either not duly observed, or totally unnoticed by authors. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 76(1): 160-170., available online at http://rstl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/76/160.full.pdf+html
page(s): 167 [details]
original description (of Helix crenella Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 441 [details]
original description (of Vallonia costata var. helvetica Sterki, 1893) Pilsbry, H. A. (1892-1893). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 8: Helicidae, vol. 6. pp 1-314, pls 1-58. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-48, pls 1-15, 25 July 1892; pp. 49-112, pls 16-27, 16 Nov 1892; pp. 113-160, pls 28-41, 25 Feb 1893; pp. 161-314, pls 42-58, 1 July 1893]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23736486
page(s): 254 [details]
original description (of Vallonia costata var. pyrenaica Sterki, 1893) Pilsbry, H. A. (1892-1893). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 8: Helicidae, vol. 6. pp 1-314, pls 1-58. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-48, pls 1-15, 25 July 1892; pp. 49-112, pls 16-27, 16 Nov 1892; pp. 113-160, pls 28-41, 25 Feb 1893; pp. 161-314, pls 42-58, 1 July 1893]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23736486
page(s): 254 [details]
original description (of Vallonia jurassica Geyer, 1908) Geyer, D. (1908). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Schwabens II. Vallonien. Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg, 64: 305-330, pl. 3-4. Stuttgart., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7987458 [details]
original description (of Helix pulchella var. costellata F. Sandberger, 1873 †) Sandberger, C.L.F. (1870-1875). <i>Die Land- und Süßwasser-Conchylien der Vorwelt</i>. C. W. Kreidel, Wiesbaden. [pp. 1-96, pl. 1-12 (1870); pp. 97-160, pl. 13-20 (1871); pp. 161-256, pl. 21-32 (1873); pp. 257-352, pl. 33-36 (1874); pp i-viii, 353-1000 (1875) according to Woodward, 1906]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49567154
page(s): pl. 34, fig. 10-10c; note: description on p. 856 appeared in 1875 [details]
basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Bruggen, A. C. van. (1998). <i>Vallonia costata</i> (Müll.) (Gastropoda Pulmonata) in South Africa, with aditional notes on other alien species. <em>Basteria.</em> 61: 85-57. Leiden., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/597118 [details]
additional source Herbert, D.G. (2010). The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series, 15: vi + 108 pp. Pretoria. [SANBI = South African National Biodiversity Institute].
page(s): 23 [details]
additional source Kerney, M. P., Cameron, R. A. D. & Jungbluth, J.-H. (1983). Die Landschnecken Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Biologen und Naturfreunde. <em>Verlag Paul Parey.</em> 384 pp., 24 plates. [Summer or later]. Hamburg / Berlin (Paul Parey).
page(s): 125 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. <em>Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft).</em> 312 pp., 142 plates. [June] [= Pensoft Series Faunistica No 87].
page(s): 39, Fig. 14C [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Minato, H. (1988). A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. H. Minato, Shirahama, 294 pp., 7 pls.
page(s): 42 [details]
additional source Ramakrishna, Mitra, S, C. & Dey, A. (2010). Annotated checklist of Indian land molluscs. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 359 pp.</em>
page(s): 120 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source National Institute of Biological Resources. (2019). National Speices list of Korea. II. Vertebrates, Invertebrates, Protozoans. <em>Designzip. 908 pp.</em>
page(s): 337 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sterki, V. (1905). November snails. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(8): 96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755669 [details]
page(s): 102 [details]
original description (of Vallonia costataeformis Jooss, 1912) Jooss, C.H. (1912). Neue Landschnecken aus dem Obermiocän von Steinheim am Aalbuch in Württemberg. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 44(1): 30-45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15107739
page(s): 35, pl. 2, figs 5-5a [details]
original description (of Helix costata O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. vol 2: I-XXXVI, 1-214, 10 unnumbered pages. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Molleriana., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715
page(s): 31 [details]
original description (of Turbo helicinus Lightfoot, 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). An account of some minute British shells, either not duly observed, or totally unnoticed by authors. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 76(1): 160-170., available online at http://rstl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/76/160.full.pdf+html
page(s): 167 [details]
original description (of Helix crenella Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 441 [details]
original description (of Vallonia costata var. helvetica Sterki, 1893) Pilsbry, H. A. (1892-1893). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 8: Helicidae, vol. 6. pp 1-314, pls 1-58. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-48, pls 1-15, 25 July 1892; pp. 49-112, pls 16-27, 16 Nov 1892; pp. 113-160, pls 28-41, 25 Feb 1893; pp. 161-314, pls 42-58, 1 July 1893]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23736486
page(s): 254 [details]
original description (of Vallonia costata var. pyrenaica Sterki, 1893) Pilsbry, H. A. (1892-1893). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 8: Helicidae, vol. 6. pp 1-314, pls 1-58. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-48, pls 1-15, 25 July 1892; pp. 49-112, pls 16-27, 16 Nov 1892; pp. 113-160, pls 28-41, 25 Feb 1893; pp. 161-314, pls 42-58, 1 July 1893]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23736486
page(s): 254 [details]
original description (of Vallonia jurassica Geyer, 1908) Geyer, D. (1908). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Schwabens II. Vallonien. Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg, 64: 305-330, pl. 3-4. Stuttgart., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7987458 [details]
original description (of Helix pulchella var. costellata F. Sandberger, 1873 †) Sandberger, C.L.F. (1870-1875). <i>Die Land- und Süßwasser-Conchylien der Vorwelt</i>. C. W. Kreidel, Wiesbaden. [pp. 1-96, pl. 1-12 (1870); pp. 97-160, pl. 13-20 (1871); pp. 161-256, pl. 21-32 (1873); pp. 257-352, pl. 33-36 (1874); pp i-viii, 353-1000 (1875) according to Woodward, 1906]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49567154
page(s): pl. 34, fig. 10-10c; note: description on p. 856 appeared in 1875 [details]
basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Bruggen, A. C. van. (1998). <i>Vallonia costata</i> (Müll.) (Gastropoda Pulmonata) in South Africa, with aditional notes on other alien species. <em>Basteria.</em> 61: 85-57. Leiden., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/597118 [details]
additional source Herbert, D.G. (2010). The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series, 15: vi + 108 pp. Pretoria. [SANBI = South African National Biodiversity Institute].
page(s): 23 [details]
additional source Kerney, M. P., Cameron, R. A. D. & Jungbluth, J.-H. (1983). Die Landschnecken Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Biologen und Naturfreunde. <em>Verlag Paul Parey.</em> 384 pp., 24 plates. [Summer or later]. Hamburg / Berlin (Paul Parey).
page(s): 125 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. <em>Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft).</em> 312 pp., 142 plates. [June] [= Pensoft Series Faunistica No 87].
page(s): 39, Fig. 14C [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Minato, H. (1988). A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. H. Minato, Shirahama, 294 pp., 7 pls.
page(s): 42 [details]
additional source Ramakrishna, Mitra, S, C. & Dey, A. (2010). Annotated checklist of Indian land molluscs. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 359 pp.</em>
page(s): 120 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source National Institute of Biological Resources. (2019). National Speices list of Korea. II. Vertebrates, Invertebrates, Protozoans. <em>Designzip. 908 pp.</em>
page(s): 337 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sterki, V. (1905). November snails. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 19(8): 96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1755669 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
