WoRMS taxon details
Polydontes Montfort, 1810
932486 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:932486)
accepted
Genus
Polydontes imperator Montfort, 1810 (type by original designation)
Agalma Albers, 1860 · unaccepted
Galactochilus F. Sandberger, 1875 · unaccepted
Helix (Agalma) Albers, 1860 · unaccepted (Not available: introduced in...)
Not available: introduced in synonymy. Also a junior homonym of Agalma Eschscholtz, 1825 [Cnidaria]
Helix (Galactochilus) F. Sandberger, 1875 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Helix (Polydontes) Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Luquillia Crosse, 1892 · unaccepted
Pleurodonte (Polydontes) Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Polydontes (Galactochilus) F. Sandberger, 1875 · alternative representation
- Species Polydontes apollo (L. Pfeiffer, 1860)
- Species Polydontes castrensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Species Polydontes imperator Montfort, 1810
- Species Polydontes luquillensis (Shuttleworth, 1854)
- Species Polydontes natensoni C. de la Torre, 1938
- Species Polydontes sobrina (A. Férussac, 1819)
- Species Polydontes torrei Pilsbry, 1938
- Subgenus Polydontes (Hispaniolana) Pilsbry, 1933 accepted as Hispaniolana Pilsbry, 1933 (original rank)
- Species Polydontes (Hispaniolana) angustata A. Férussac, 1822 accepted as Eurycratera angustata (A. Férussac, 1822) accepted as Hispaniolana angustata (A. Férussac, 1822) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Polydontes (Hispaniolana) mcleani Clench, 1962 accepted as Hispaniolana mcleani (Clench, 1962) (original combination)
- Species Polydontes (Hispaniolana) montana Clench, 1962 accepted as Hispaniolana montana (Clench, 1962) (original combination)
- Subgenus Polydontes (Lissembryon) Pilsbry, 1933 accepted as Lissembryon Pilsbry, 1933 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Polydontes (Lissembryon) peasei Pilsbry, 1933 accepted as Lissembryon peasei (Pilsbry, 1933) (original combination)
- Subgenus Polydontes (Salleana) Clench, 1962 accepted as Salleana Clench, 1962 (original rank)
- Species Polydontes acutangula (Burrow, 1815) accepted as Parthena angulata (A. Férussac, 1822) accepted as Parthena acutangula (Burrow, 1815)
- Species Polydontes crispatus (A. Férussac, 1821) accepted as Hispaniolana crispata (A. Férussac, 1821) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Polydontes dominicensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1850) accepted as Hispaniolana dominicensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1850) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Polydontes giganteus (Scopoli, 1786) accepted as Hispaniolana gigantea (Scopoli, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Polydontes lima (A. Férussac, 1821) accepted as Granodomus lima (A. Férussac, 1821) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Polydontes obliteratus (A. Férussac, 1822) accepted as Hispaniolana obliterata (A. Férussac, 1822) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Polydontes perplexa (A. Férussac, 1832) accepted as Dentellaria perplexa (A. Férussac, 1832) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Polydontes russellii Clench, 1962 accepted as Salleana russellii (Clench, 1962) (original name)
- Species Polydontes undulata (A. Férussac, 1821) accepted as Hispaniolana crispata (A. Férussac, 1821)
- Subgenus Polydontes (Galactochilus) F. Sandberger, 1875 represented as Polydontes Montfort, 1810
- Species Polydontes (Galactochilus) giganteus (Scopoli, 1786) represented as Polydontes giganteus (Scopoli, 1786) accepted as Hispaniolana gigantea (Scopoli, 1786)
masculine
Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 2: 154 [details]
page(s): 2: 154 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polydontes Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=932486 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 2: 154 [details]
original description (of Helix (Galactochilus) F. Sandberger, 1875) 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): 387, 457-458, 498, 741 [details]
original description (of Luquillia Crosse, 1892) Crosse, H. (1892). Fauna malacologique terrestre et fluviatile de l'ile de Portorico. <em>Journal de Conchliologie, series 3.</em> 40: 5-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25234339
page(s): 19 [details]
original description (of Helix (Agalma) Albers, 1860) Albers, J. C. & Martens, E. von. (1860). <i>Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers</i>. Ed. 2. Pp. i-xviii, 1-359. Leipzig: Engelman [original manuscript of Albers edited and published by Martens]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11648540
page(s): 148 [details]
page(s): 2: 154 [details]
original description (of Helix (Galactochilus) F. Sandberger, 1875) 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): 387, 457-458, 498, 741 [details]
original description (of Luquillia Crosse, 1892) Crosse, H. (1892). Fauna malacologique terrestre et fluviatile de l'ile de Portorico. <em>Journal de Conchliologie, series 3.</em> 40: 5-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25234339
page(s): 19 [details]
original description (of Helix (Agalma) Albers, 1860) Albers, J. C. & Martens, E. von. (1860). <i>Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers</i>. Ed. 2. Pp. i-xviii, 1-359. Leipzig: Engelman [original manuscript of Albers edited and published by Martens]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11648540
page(s): 148 [details]