MolluscaBase - Geoscala Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898

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Geoscala Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898

AphiaID

996827 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:996827)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Cylindrella seminuda C. B. Adams, 1845 accepted as Geoscala seminuda (C. B. Adams, 1845) (type by original designation)

Parent

Brachypodellinae H. B. Baker, 1956

Original name

Brachypodella (Geoscala) Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898

Synonymised names

Brachypodella (Geoscala) Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898 · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)

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Species Geoscala costulata (C. B. Adams, 1849)
Species Geoscala robertsi (C. B. Adams, 1851)
Species Geoscala seminuda (C. B. Adams, 1845)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of Brachypodella (Geoscala) Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898) Pilsbry, H. A. & Vanatta, E. G. (1898). Materials towards a natural classification of the cylindrelloid snails. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 50: 264-286, pls 17-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1647758
page(s): 272, 279 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Geoscala Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996827 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-06-15 07:29:09Z

created

Bank, Ruud

2023-08-23 19:43:25Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description (of Brachypodella (Geoscala) Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898) Pilsbry, H. A. & Vanatta, E. G. (1898). Materials towards a natural classification of the cylindrelloid snails. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 50: 264-286, pls 17-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1647758
page(s): 272, 279 [details]