MolluscaBase name details
Bensonia J. E. Gray, 1847
827456 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:827456)
unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Genus
Laguncula pulchella W. H. Benson, 1842 (type by original designation)
- Subgenus Bensonia (Oxytes) L. Pfeiffer, 1855 accepted as Oxytes L. Pfeiffer, 1855 accepted as Oxytesta Zilch, 1956
- Species Bensonia (Oxytes) laotica Möllendorff, 1899 accepted as Ariophanta laotica (Möllendorff, 1899) accepted as Hemiplecta laotica (Möllendorff, 1899) (original combination)
- Species Bensonia prionotropis Möllendorff, 1898 accepted as Ariophanta prionotropis (Möllendorff, 1898) (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 150 [details]
page(s): 150 [details]
Nomenclature Introduced in synonymy [of Laguncula], but made available under Art. 11.6.1 from its treatment by H.B. Baker (1938, The...
Nomenclature Introduced in synonymy [of Laguncula], but made available under Art. 11.6.1 from its treatment by H.B. Baker (1938, The Nautilus, 52(1): 33) as a senior homonym of Bensonia L. Pfeiffer, 1856. [details]
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Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 150 [details]
page(s): 150 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Introduced in synonymy [of Laguncula], but made available under Art. 11.6.1 from its treatment by H.B. Baker (1938, The Nautilus, 52(1): 33) as a senior homonym of Bensonia L. Pfeiffer, 1856. [details]
