WoRMS taxon details
Chilocystis H. Watson, 1934
996019 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:996019)
accepted
Genus
Helix (Pella) lygaea Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892 accepted as Chilocystis lygaea (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892) (type by original designation)
Trachycystis (Chilocystis) H. Watson, 1934 · unaccepted (original rank)
- Species Chilocystis actinotrichia (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892)
- Species Chilocystis africae (A. D. Brown, 1865)
- Species Chilocystis alcocki (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1895)
- Species Chilocystis aprica (Krauss, 1848)
- Species Chilocystis calorama (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899)
- Species Chilocystis centrifuga (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903)
- Species Chilocystis clifdeni (Connolly, 1932)
- Species Chilocystis conica (Connolly, 1939)
- Species Chilocystis conisalea (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892)
- Species Chilocystis cressyi (Connolly, 1925)
- Species Chilocystis knysnaensis (Preston, 1912)
- Species Chilocystis loveni (Krauss, 1848)
- Species Chilocystis lygaea (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892)
- Species Chilocystis permeata (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903)
- Species Chilocystis pycnotrichia (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899)
- Species Chilocystis scolopendra (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903)
- Species Chilocystis trichosteiroma (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892)
- Species Chilocystis watsoni (Connolly, 1939)
(of Trachycystis (Chilocystis) H. Watson, 1934) Watson, H. (1934). <i>Natalina</i> and other South African snails. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 21(3): 150–193., available online at https://academic.oup.com/mollus/article-abstract/21/3/150/1038357
page(s): 174 [details]
page(s): 174 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chilocystis H. Watson, 1934. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996019 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Trachycystis (Chilocystis) H. Watson, 1934) Watson, H. (1934). <i>Natalina</i> and other South African snails. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 21(3): 150–193., available online at https://academic.oup.com/mollus/article-abstract/21/3/150/1038357
page(s): 174 [details]
page(s): 174 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Schileyko, A. A. (2001). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 7. Endodontidae, Thyrophorellidae, Charopidae. <em>Ruthenica.</em> Supplement 2: 881-1034.
page(s): 909. [details]
page(s): 909. [details]
