MolluscaBase - Polytoxon Simroth, 1897

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Polytoxon Simroth, 1897

AphiaID

996942 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:996942)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Trichotoxon aurantiacum Simroth, 1897 accepted as Polytoxon robustum (Simroth, 1896) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Urocyclini Simroth, 1889

Synonymised names

Trichotoxon (Polytoxon) Simroth, 1897 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Species Polytoxon robustum (Simroth, 1896)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polytoxon Simroth, 1897. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996942 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-06-15 07:29:09Z

created

Bank, Ruud

2018-10-03 09:29:28Z

changed

Herbert, David

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Sources (3)

original description (of Trichotoxon (Polytoxon) Simroth, 1897) Simroth, H. (1897). Über verschiedene Nacktschnecken. Sitzungsberichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Leipzig, 22/23 [1895/1896]: 140-154. Leipzig [15 June]. [reprint: 3-17].
page(s): 149 [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 Van Goethem, J. L. (1977). Révision systématique des Urocyclinae (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Urocylidae). <em>Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences Zoologiques.</em> 218: XI + 355 pp., 720 figg., pl. 1-4. Tervuren.
page(s): 255 [details]