MolluscaBase taxon details
Macroptychia O. Boettger, 1877
996109 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:996109)
accepted
Genus
Clausilia sennaariensis L. Pfeiffer, 1856 accepted as Macroptychia sennaariensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) (type by subsequent designation)
Abbadia Bourguignat, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Aequinoctia Lindholm, 1925 · unaccepted
Austrobalea Pilsbry, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Clausilia (Macroptychia) O. Boettger, 1877 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Macroptychia (Aequinoctia) Lindholm, 1925 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Macroptychia (Austrobalea) Pilsbry, 1924 · unaccepted
- Species Macroptychia aethiopica (Bourguignat, 1883)
- Species Macroptychia africana (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899)
- Species Macroptychia degeneris (Preston, 1911)
- Species Macroptychia distorta Neubert, 2002
- Species Macroptychia dystherata (Jickeli, 1874)
- Species Macroptychia jemjemensis (Connolly, 1928)
- Species Macroptychia jickelii Neubert, 2002
- Species Macroptychia obesa Neubert, 2002
- Species Macroptychia producta Neubert, 2002
- Species Macroptychia rothschildi (H. Neuville & R. Anthony, 1906)
- Species Macroptychia sennaariensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
- Subgenus Macroptychia (Aequinoctia) Lindholm, 1925 accepted as Macroptychia O. Boettger, 1877 (a junior synonym)
- Subgenus Macroptychia (Austrobalea) Pilsbry, 1924 accepted as Macroptychia O. Boettger, 1877
- Subgenus Macroptychia (Sabaeola) Lindholm, 1925 accepted as Sabaeola Lindholm, 1925 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Macroptychia (Sabaeola) schweinfurthi (E. von Martens, 1889) accepted as Sabaeola schweinfurthi (E. von Martens, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Macroptychia (Sabaeola) sumarana (Connolly, 1941) accepted as Sabaeola sumarana (Connolly, 1941) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Macroptychia giraudi (Bourguignat, 1885) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, contested synonym)
feminine
(of Clausilia (Macroptychia) O. Boettger, 1877) Boettger, O. (1877). Clausilienstudien. <em>Palaeontographica (Neue Folge).</em> suppl. 3(6): 1-122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11914932
page(s): 108 [details]
page(s): 108 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Macroptychia O. Boettger, 1877. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996109 on 2025-04-02
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original description
(of Abbadia Bourguignat, 1883) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1883). Histoire malacologique de l'Abyssinie. <em>Annales des Sciences naturelles (Zoologie et Paléontologie).</em> (6) 15 (2): 1-162, pls 7-11; [± June]. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/46223#/summary [details]
original description (of Austrobalea Pilsbry, 1924) Pilsbry, H. A. (1924). The affinities of <i>Balea africana</i> Melville and Ponsonby. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 38(1): 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524985 [details]
original description (of Macroptychia (Aequinoctia) Lindholm, 1925) Lindholm, W. A. (1925). A supplement to the revised systematic list of the genera of the Clausiliidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 16 (6): 261-266. London [30 November].
page(s): 266 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Clausilia (Macroptychia) O. Boettger, 1877) Boettger, O. (1877). Clausilienstudien. <em>Palaeontographica (Neue Folge).</em> suppl. 3(6): 1-122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11914932
page(s): 108 [details]
basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
additional source Neubert, E. (2002). The non-Alopiine Clausiliidae of Africa, with a note on Clausilia giraudi Bourguignat (Mollusca, Stylommatophora: Clausiliidae). <em>Collectanea Malacologica, Festschrift für Gerhard Falkner.</em> 253-275.
page(s): 254 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Austrobalea Pilsbry, 1924) Pilsbry, H. A. (1924). The affinities of <i>Balea africana</i> Melville and Ponsonby. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 38(1): 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524985 [details]
original description (of Macroptychia (Aequinoctia) Lindholm, 1925) Lindholm, W. A. (1925). A supplement to the revised systematic list of the genera of the Clausiliidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 16 (6): 261-266. London [30 November].
page(s): 266 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Clausilia (Macroptychia) O. Boettger, 1877) Boettger, O. (1877). Clausilienstudien. <em>Palaeontographica (Neue Folge).</em> suppl. 3(6): 1-122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11914932
page(s): 108 [details]
basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
additional source Neubert, E. (2002). The non-Alopiine Clausiliidae of Africa, with a note on Clausilia giraudi Bourguignat (Mollusca, Stylommatophora: Clausiliidae). <em>Collectanea Malacologica, Festschrift für Gerhard Falkner.</em> 253-275.
page(s): 254 [details] Available for editors
