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Bensonella plicidens (W. H. Benson, 1849)
885086 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:885086)
accepted
Species
Bensonella plicidens plicidens (W. H. Benson, 1849) · unaccepted (no subspecies are recognized)
Bifidaria (Bensonella) landurensis Pilsbry, 1915 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original combination)
Bifidaria plicidens (W. H. Benson, 1849) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Boysidia (Bensonella) plicidens (W. H. Benson, 1849) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Boysidia landourensis (Pilsbry, 1915) · unaccepted
Boysidia landurensis (Pilsbry, 1915) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Boysidia plicidens (W. H. Benson, 1849) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Paraboysidia landourensis (Pilsbry, 1915) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pupa plicidens W. H. Benson, 1849 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Subspecies Bensonella plicidens lakainguta C.-C. Hwang, 2014 accepted as Bensonella lakainguta C.-C. Hwang, 2014 (basionym)
- Subspecies Bensonella plicidens plicidens (W. H. Benson, 1849) accepted as Bensonella plicidens (W. H. Benson, 1849) (no subspecies are recognized)
(of Pupa plicidens W. H. Benson, 1849) Benson, W. H. (1849). Descriptions of four new Asiatic species of the genus <i>Pupa</i> of Draparnaud. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 4(20): 125-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18686649
page(s): 126 [details]
page(s): 126 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bensonella plicidens (W. H. Benson, 1849). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=885086 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Pupa plicidens W. H. Benson, 1849) Benson, W. H. (1849). Descriptions of four new Asiatic species of the genus <i>Pupa</i> of Draparnaud. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 4(20): 125-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18686649
page(s): 126 [details]
original description (of Bifidaria (Bensonella) landurensis Pilsbry, 1915) Pilsbry, H. A. (1915). A new Indian species of Pupillidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 29(7): 73-74., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1815815 [details]
basis of record Minato, H. (1988). A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. H. Minato, Shirahama, 294 pp., 7 pls.
page(s): 41 [details]
additional source Gittenberger, E., Choki Gyeltshen, Pema Leda & Sherub Sherub. (2021). The superfamilies Pupilloidea and Enoidea (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata) in Bhutan. <em>Folia Malacologica.</em> 29(2): 69–90., available online at https://www.foliamalacologica.com/The-superfamilies-Pupilloidea-and-Enoidea-Gastropoda-Eupulmonata-in-Bhutan,137942,0,2.html
page(s): 73, Figs 9–11, 19 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Preece, R. C., White, T. S., Raheem, D. C., Ketchum, H., Ablett, J., Taylor, H., Webb, K. & Naggs, F. (2022). William Benson and the golden age of malacology in British India: Biography, illustrated catalogue and evaluation of his molluscan types. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online at https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390
page(s): 155, Fig. 70 C [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Páll-Gergely, B. & White, T. S. (2023). Solving the mystery of the misunderstood <em>Bensonella plicidens</em> (Benson, 1849) (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Hypselostomatidae). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 56(45–48): 2011–2029. [18 January 2023]., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222933.2022.2152750
page(s): 2018, Figures 3(a–e), 4 , 5 , 9(a,b) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gojšina, V., Hunyadi, A., Sutcharit, C., Tongkerd, P., Auffenberg, K., Grego, J., Vermeulen, J. J., Reischütz, A. & Páll-Gergely, B. (2025). A new start? Revision of the genera Anauchen, Bensonella, Gyliotrachela and Hypselostoma (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Hypselostomatidae) of Southeast Asia with description of 46 new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1235: 1–338., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/145281/
page(s): 109, Figs 39Y, 86 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Schileyko, A. A. (1998). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 2. Gastrocoptidae, Hypselostomatidae, Vertiginidae, Truncatellinidae, Pachnodidae, Enidae, Sagdidae. <em>Ruthenica.</em> Supplement 2: 129-261. Moskva [November].
page(s): 139, figs 159A-B [details]
page(s): 126 [details]
original description (of Bifidaria (Bensonella) landurensis Pilsbry, 1915) Pilsbry, H. A. (1915). A new Indian species of Pupillidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 29(7): 73-74., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1815815 [details]
basis of record Minato, H. (1988). A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. H. Minato, Shirahama, 294 pp., 7 pls.
page(s): 41 [details]
additional source Gittenberger, E., Choki Gyeltshen, Pema Leda & Sherub Sherub. (2021). The superfamilies Pupilloidea and Enoidea (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata) in Bhutan. <em>Folia Malacologica.</em> 29(2): 69–90., available online at https://www.foliamalacologica.com/The-superfamilies-Pupilloidea-and-Enoidea-Gastropoda-Eupulmonata-in-Bhutan,137942,0,2.html
page(s): 73, Figs 9–11, 19 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Preece, R. C., White, T. S., Raheem, D. C., Ketchum, H., Ablett, J., Taylor, H., Webb, K. & Naggs, F. (2022). William Benson and the golden age of malacology in British India: Biography, illustrated catalogue and evaluation of his molluscan types. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online at https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390
page(s): 155, Fig. 70 C [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Páll-Gergely, B. & White, T. S. (2023). Solving the mystery of the misunderstood <em>Bensonella plicidens</em> (Benson, 1849) (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Hypselostomatidae). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 56(45–48): 2011–2029. [18 January 2023]., available online at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222933.2022.2152750
page(s): 2018, Figures 3(a–e), 4 , 5 , 9(a,b) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gojšina, V., Hunyadi, A., Sutcharit, C., Tongkerd, P., Auffenberg, K., Grego, J., Vermeulen, J. J., Reischütz, A. & Páll-Gergely, B. (2025). A new start? Revision of the genera Anauchen, Bensonella, Gyliotrachela and Hypselostoma (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Hypselostomatidae) of Southeast Asia with description of 46 new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1235: 1–338., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/145281/
page(s): 109, Figs 39Y, 86 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Schileyko, A. A. (1998). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 2. Gastrocoptidae, Hypselostomatidae, Vertiginidae, Truncatellinidae, Pachnodidae, Enidae, Sagdidae. <em>Ruthenica.</em> Supplement 2: 129-261. Moskva [November].
page(s): 139, figs 159A-B [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Bifidaria landurensis. Pilsbry, 1915. Nautilus 29 (7): 73-74, not figured - catalog no. 16721) (from synonym Bifidaria (Bensonella) landurensis Pilsbry, 1915)
To GB Mollusca Types (Pupa plicidens W.H. Benson, 1849; Syntype(s); UMZC I.102325.A-O) (from synonym Pupa plicidens W. H. Benson, 1849)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MOL 41196_1)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MOL 441196_2)
To GB Mollusca Types (Pupa plicidens W.H. Benson, 1849; Syntype(s); UMZC I.102325.A-O) (from synonym Pupa plicidens W. H. Benson, 1849)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MOL 41196_1)
To NMNH Extant Collection (MOL 441196_2)
