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Leptocala Ancey, 1888

995609  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:995609)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Tectipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Eupulmonata (Superorder)
  9. Stylommatophora (Order)
  10. Achatinina (Suborder)
  11. Achatinoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Achatinidae (Family)
  13. Achatininae (Subfamily)
  14. Callistoplepini (Tribe)
  15. Leptocala (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Petitia petitia Jousseaume, 1884 accepted as Leptocala petitia (Jousseaume, 1884) (type by typification of replaced name)
Petitia Jousseaume, 1884 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of...)  
invalid: junior homonym of Petitia Chitty, 1857 [Helicinidae]; Leptocala is a replacement name.

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  1. Species Leptocala mollicella (Morelet, 1860)
  2. Species Leptocala petitia (Jousseaume, 1884)
  3. Subgenus Leptocala (Leptocallista) Pilsbry, 1904 accepted as Leptocallista Pilsbry, 1904 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    1. Species Leptocala (Leptocallista) loveridgei Bequaert & Clench, 1934 accepted as Achatina (Leptocallista) arthuri Bequaert, 1950 (unaccepted > junior homonym, non Achatina (Euaethiops) loveridgei (Clench & Archer, 1930), Achatina arthuri Bequaert, 1950 is a replacement name)
    2. Species Leptocala (Leptocallista) raffrayi (Jousseaume, 1883) accepted as Leptocallista raffrayi (Jousseaume, 1883)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Ancey, C. F. (1888). Catalogue des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles récoltés sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique par M. le Cap. Vignon d'après un manuscrit de ce dernier, avec des remarques sur ces espèces. <em>Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 5: 65-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16109485
page(s): 70 [details] 
Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Petitia Jousseaume, 1884, non Chitty, 1857.  
Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Petitia Jousseaume, 1884, non Chitty, 1857. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leptocala Ancey, 1888. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995609 on 2025-09-12
Date
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2017-06-15 07:29:09Z
created
Bank, Ruud
2018-11-09 10:40:56Z
changed
Herbert, David
2020-04-09 03:57:19Z
changed
Köhler, Frank
2025-01-31 20:29:13Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Ancey, C. F. (1888). Catalogue des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles récoltés sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique par M. le Cap. Vignon d'après un manuscrit de ce dernier, avec des remarques sur ces espèces. <em>Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 5: 65-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16109485
page(s): 70 [details] 

original description (of Petitia Jousseaume, 1884) Jousseaume, F. (1884). Description de mollusques nouveaux. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 9: 169-192, pl. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35675642
page(s): 171 [details] 
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Nom. nov. pro Petitia Jousseaume, 1884, non Chitty, 1857. [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Petitia) (from synonym Petitia Jousseaume, 1884)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Petitia) (from synonym Petitia Jousseaume, 1884)
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