MolluscaBase taxon details
Plagioptycha L. Pfeiffer, 1855
995487 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:995487)
accepted
Genus
Helix loxodon L. Pfeiffer, 1850 accepted as Plagioptycha loxodon (L. Pfeiffer, 1850) (type by subsequent designation)
Cepolis (Euclastaria) Pilsbry, 1926 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cepolis (Plagioptycha) L. Pfeiffer, 1855 · unaccepted
Euclasta E. von Martens, 1877 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Euclasta Lederer, 1855 [Lepidoptera]; Euclastaria is a replacement name
Euclastaria Pilsbry, 1926 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix (Euclasta) E. von Martens, 1877 · unaccepted
Helix (Plagioptycha) L. Pfeiffer, 1955 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Monodonta Bartsch, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Plagioptycha (Monodonta) Bartsch, 1932 · alternative representation
- Species Plagioptycha albersiana (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
- Species Plagioptycha bondi (Pilsbry, 1933)
- Species Plagioptycha debilis (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
- Species Plagioptycha duclosiana (A. Férussac, 1822)
- Species Plagioptycha gregoriana (Dall, 1905)
- Species Plagioptycha hologyra (Pilsbry, 1933)
- Species Plagioptycha inaguana (Dall, 1905)
- Species Plagioptycha indistincta (A. Férussac, 1821)
- Species Plagioptycha loxodon (L. Pfeiffer, 1850)
- Species Plagioptycha macroglossa (L. Pfeiffer, 1866)
- Species Plagioptycha maynardi (Pilsbry, 1891)
- Species Plagioptycha musicola (Shuttleworth, 1854)
- Species Plagioptycha pharcida (Dall, 1905) †
- Species Plagioptycha platonis (L. Pfeiffer, 1866)
- Species Plagioptycha sargenti (Bland, 1875)
- Species Plagioptycha strumosa (Reeve, 1852)
- Species Plagioptycha euclasta (Shuttleworth, 1854) accepted as Euclastaria musicola euclasta (Shuttleworth, 1854) (unaccepted combination)
- Subgenus Plagioptycha (Monodonta) Bartsch, 1932 represented as Plagioptycha L. Pfeiffer, 1855
- Species Plagioptycha (Monodonta) beatensis Bartsch, 1932 accepted as Coryda beatensis (Bartsch, 1932) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
recent only
feminine
Pfeiffer, L. (1855-1856). Versuch einer Anordnung der Heliceen nach natürlichen Gruppen. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 2(3): 112 [≥ September 1855]; 2(4): 113–144 [December 1855]; 2(5) (“1855”): 145–185 [January 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15864853
page(s): 135 [details]
page(s): 135 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plagioptycha L. Pfeiffer, 1855. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995487 on 2025-09-10
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original description
Pfeiffer, L. (1855-1856). Versuch einer Anordnung der Heliceen nach natürlichen Gruppen. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 2(3): 112 [≥ September 1855]; 2(4): 113–144 [December 1855]; 2(5) (“1855”): 145–185 [January 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15864853
page(s): 135 [details]
original description (of Euclastaria Pilsbry, 1926) Pilsbry, H. A. (1926). The land mollusks of the Republic of Panama and the Canal Zone. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 78: 57-126, pls. 9-10., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/4063952?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
page(s): 112; note: nom. nov. pro Euclasta Martens, 1877 not Lederer, 1855 [details]
original description (of Euclasta E. von Martens, 1877) Martens, E. von. (1877). Land- und Süsswasser-Schnecken von Puerto Rico. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 4(3): 340-362, pl. 12, figs. 2-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16297195
page(s): 347 [details]
original description (of Plagioptycha (Monodonta) Bartsch, 1932) Bartsch, P. (1932). A newly discovered West Indian mollusk faunula. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 81 (2929): 1-12, pls. 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7616601
page(s): 8 [details]
basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
subsequent type designation 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): 145 [details]
page(s): 135 [details]
original description (of Euclastaria Pilsbry, 1926) Pilsbry, H. A. (1926). The land mollusks of the Republic of Panama and the Canal Zone. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 78: 57-126, pls. 9-10., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/4063952?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
page(s): 112; note: nom. nov. pro Euclasta Martens, 1877 not Lederer, 1855 [details]
original description (of Euclasta E. von Martens, 1877) Martens, E. von. (1877). Land- und Süsswasser-Schnecken von Puerto Rico. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 4(3): 340-362, pl. 12, figs. 2-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16297195
page(s): 347 [details]
original description (of Plagioptycha (Monodonta) Bartsch, 1932) Bartsch, P. (1932). A newly discovered West Indian mollusk faunula. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 81 (2929): 1-12, pls. 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7616601
page(s): 8 [details]
basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
subsequent type designation 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): 145 [details]
