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Helix fossaria Montagu, 1803
829362 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:829362)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
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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): 2: 372, pl. 16, fig. 9 [details]
page(s): 2: 372, pl. 16, fig. 9 [details]
Note Britain; “not uncommon in most parts of the...
Type locality Britain; “not uncommon in most parts of the kingdom” (Montagu, 1803: 372) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Helix fossaria Montagu, 1803. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=829362 on 2025-09-12
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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): 2: 372, pl. 16, fig. 9 [details]
source of synonymy Khokhutkin, I. M.; Vinarski, M. V.; Grebennikov, M. E. (2009). Molluscs of the Urals and the adjacent areas. The family Lymnaeidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Lymnaeiformes). <em>Ekaterinburg: Goshchitskiy Publishers.</em> 162 pp. [in Russian]. [details]
page(s): 2: 372, pl. 16, fig. 9 [details]
source of synonymy Khokhutkin, I. M.; Vinarski, M. V.; Grebennikov, M. E. (2009). Molluscs of the Urals and the adjacent areas. The family Lymnaeidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Lymnaeiformes). <em>Ekaterinburg: Goshchitskiy Publishers.</em> 162 pp. [in Russian]. [details]
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Type locality Britain; “not uncommon in most parts of the kingdom” (Montagu, 1803: 372) [details]
