MolluscaBase - Microphyura Ancey, 1882

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Microphyura Ancey, 1882

AphiaID

996485 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:996485)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Helix microphis Crosse, 1868 accepted as Microphyura microphis (Crosse, 1868) (type by original designation)

Parent

Rhytidinae Pilsbry, 1893

Original name

Helix (Microphyura) Ancey, 1882

Synonymised names

Diplomphalus (Microphyura) Ancey, 1882 · unaccepted (unaccepted rank)

Helix (Microphyura) Ancey, 1882 · unaccepted (original rank)

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Species Microphyura cornea Franc, 1953
Species Microphyura denisi Franc, 1953
Species Microphyura microphis (Crosse, 1868)
Species Microphyura nightingali Saurin, 1960
Species Microphyura hemiclausa (Tate, 1894) accepted as Stenopylis coarctata (Möllendorff, 1894) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Microphyura microdiscus (Bavay, 1908) accepted as Stenopylis coarctata (Möllendorff, 1894) (junior synonym)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of Helix (Microphyura) Ancey, 1882) Ancey, C. F. (1882). Classification des formes hélicoides de la Nouvelle Calédonie. Le Naturaliste. 4(11): 85-87., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33927237
page(s): 87 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Microphyura Ancey, 1882. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996485 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-06-15 07:29:09Z

created

Bank, Ruud

2019-10-16 10:45:27Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description (of Helix (Microphyura) Ancey, 1882) Ancey, C. F. (1882). Classification des formes hélicoides de la Nouvelle Calédonie. Le Naturaliste. 4(11): 85-87., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33927237
page(s): 87 [details]

basis of record Franc A. (1957). Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de l'archipel néo-calédonien. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. ser. A (Zoologie), 13: 1-200, 24 pls. ["1956"; February 1957]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57314656
page(s): 179 [details]