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Chilonopsis Fischer von Waldheim, 1848
995619 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:995619)
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Genus
Chilonopsis sulcata Fischer von Waldheim, 1848 accepted as Chilonopsis aurisvulpina (Holten, 1802) (type by monotypy)
Achatina (Cleostyla) Dall, 1896 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helenopachnodus Germain, 1931 · unaccepted > unavailable name (unavailable name: no type...)
unavailable name: no type species, no description
Nesobia Ancey, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Chilonopsis aurisvulpina (Holten, 1802)
- Species Chilonopsis blofeldi (Forbes, 1852)
- Species Chilonopsis exulata (Reeve, 1850)
- Species Chilonopsis helena (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
- Species Chilonopsis lanceoloideus Gerlach, Griffiths, Hume, Louchart, Sorrel & Cairns-Wicks, 2025
- Species Chilonopsis melanioides (Wollaston, 1878)
- Species Chilonopsis subplicata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)
- Species Chilonopsis subtruncatus (E. A. Smith, 1892)
- Species Chilonopsis turtoni (E. A. Smith, 1892)
- Species Chilonopsis nonpareil (G. Perry, 1811) accepted as Chilonopsis aurisvulpina (Holten, 1802) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Species Chilonopsis sulcata Fischer von Waldheim, 1848 accepted as Chilonopsis aurisvulpina (Holten, 1802) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
feminine
Fischer von Waldheim, G. (1848). Chilonopsis novum genus testarum e familia helicum icone et descriptione illustratum. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 21 (1): 233-236., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34377789 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chilonopsis Fischer von Waldheim, 1848. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995619 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Fischer von Waldheim, G. (1848). Chilonopsis novum genus testarum e familia helicum icone et descriptione illustratum. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 21 (1): 233-236., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34377789 [details]
original description (of Nesobia Ancey, 1887) Ancey, C. F. (1887). Description of new genera or subgenera of Helicidæ. <em>The Conchologists' Exchange.</em> 1(9-10): 53-54 [30 April]; 1(11): 64 [May]; 1(12): 75-76 [28 June]; 2(2):22-23 [August]; 2(3): 38-39 [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28528881
page(s): 39 [details]
original description (of Achatina (Cleostyla) Dall, 1896) Dall, W. H. (1896). Insular land shell faunas, especially as illustrated by the data obtained by Dr. G. Baur in the Galapagos Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 48: 395-460., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1675778
page(s): 419 [details]
original description (of Helenopachnodus Germain, 1931) Germain, L. (1931). L'origine et l'évolution de la faune malacologique de l'ile de Sainte-Hélène. <em>Comptes Rendus du Congrès des Sociétés Savantes (1929), Section des Sciences.</em> 161-180., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5426534w/f163.item
page(s): 169 [details]
basis of record Gerlach, J.; Griffiths, O.; Hume, J. P.; Louchart, A.; Sorrel, P.; Cairns-Wicks, R. (2025). Diversity of the extinct land snail genus <i>Chilonopsis</i> of St Helena (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Achatinidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 1007: 176-210., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1007.3007 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Nesobia Ancey, 1887) Ancey, C. F. (1887). Description of new genera or subgenera of Helicidæ. <em>The Conchologists' Exchange.</em> 1(9-10): 53-54 [30 April]; 1(11): 64 [May]; 1(12): 75-76 [28 June]; 2(2):22-23 [August]; 2(3): 38-39 [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28528881
page(s): 39 [details]
original description (of Achatina (Cleostyla) Dall, 1896) Dall, W. H. (1896). Insular land shell faunas, especially as illustrated by the data obtained by Dr. G. Baur in the Galapagos Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 48: 395-460., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1675778
page(s): 419 [details]
original description (of Helenopachnodus Germain, 1931) Germain, L. (1931). L'origine et l'évolution de la faune malacologique de l'ile de Sainte-Hélène. <em>Comptes Rendus du Congrès des Sociétés Savantes (1929), Section des Sciences.</em> 161-180., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5426534w/f163.item
page(s): 169 [details]
basis of record Gerlach, J.; Griffiths, O.; Hume, J. P.; Louchart, A.; Sorrel, P.; Cairns-Wicks, R. (2025). Diversity of the extinct land snail genus <i>Chilonopsis</i> of St Helena (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Achatinidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 1007: 176-210., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1007.3007 [details] Available for editors
[request]