Molluscabase - Polydontes (Galactochilus) giganteus (Scopoli, 1786)

MolluscaBase name details

Polydontes (Galactochilus) giganteus (Scopoli, 1786)

AphiaID

1018106 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1018106)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted Name

Polydontes giganteus (Scopoli, 1786) accepted as Hispaniolana gigantea (Scopoli, 1786)

Rank

Species

Parent

Polydontes (Galactochilus) F. Sandberger, 1875 represented as Polydontes Montfort, 1810

Orig. name

Helix gigantea Scopoli, 1786

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Polydontes (Galactochilus) giganteus (Scopoli, 1786). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1018106 on 2024-04-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-07-15 23:42:56Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Sources (1)

basis of record Kadolsky, D. (2017). On the type species of the genus Galactochilus Sandberger, 1875, with a review of the identity of Hélix cornumilitare Linnaeus, 1758 and of its misidentifications (Gastropoda: Helicoidea). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 146(1): 97-110., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/146/097-110 [details] Available for editors

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