MolluscaBase taxon details
Papuina meta (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
1245510 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1245510)
accepted
Species
Helix (Geotrochus) deidamia Angas, 1870 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Helix acmella L. Pfeiffer, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix beatrix Angas, 1876 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix deidamia Angas, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix meta L. Pfeiffer, 1856 · unaccepted (original combination)
Helix miser J. C. Cox, 1873 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Papuina (Solmopesta) meta (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) · alternative representation
Papuina meta var. bicolor Dall, 1910 · unaccepted
- Variety Papuina meta var. bicolor Dall, 1910 accepted as Papuina meta (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
(of Helix meta L. Pfeiffer, 1856) Pfeiffer, L. (1856-1857). Zur Fauna der Admiralitäts-Inseln. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 3: 237-248 (publication dates: 237-240, Dec 1856; 241-248, Jan 1857)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15865204
page(s): 238 [details]
page(s): 238 [details]
Type locality contained in Admiralty Islands
type locality contained in Admiralty Islands [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Papuina meta (L. Pfeiffer, 1856). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1245510 on 2026-07-03
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original description
(of Helix meta L. Pfeiffer, 1856) Pfeiffer, L. (1856-1857). Zur Fauna der Admiralitäts-Inseln. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 3: 237-248 (publication dates: 237-240, Dec 1856; 241-248, Jan 1857)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15865204
page(s): 238 [details]
original description (of Helix acmella L. Pfeiffer, 1860) Pfeiffer, L. (1860). Description of thirty-six new species of land shells from Mr. H. Cuming's Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28(1): 133–141, pl. 50, pl. 51 figs 4–9. [31 May]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866659
page(s): 135, plate 50, fig. 4. [details]
original description (of Helix miser J. C. Cox, 1873) Cox, J. C. (1873). Descriptions of new land-shells from Australia and the Solomon Islands. <em>Poceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1873: 146-152., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504349
page(s): 146 [details]
original description (of Helix beatrix Angas, 1876) Angas, G. F. (1876). Descriptions of four new species of <i>Helix</i>; with some notes on <i>Helix angasiana</i> of Pfeiffer. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1876: 265-268., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29099430
page(s): p. 265, pl. 20, figs 1-5. [details]
original description (of Helix (Geotrochus) deidamia Angas, 1870) Angas, G. F. (1870). Descriptions of eight new species of Helicidae from the Western Pacific Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1869: 624-626., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28663573
page(s): 625, pl. 48, fig. 3 [details]
basis of record Rensch, I. (1934). Studies on <i>Papuina</i> and <i>Dendrotrochus</i>, pulmonate mollusks from the Solomon Islands. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 763: 1-26., available online at http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/4510//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/nov/N0763.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
page(s): 11 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 238 [details]
original description (of Helix acmella L. Pfeiffer, 1860) Pfeiffer, L. (1860). Description of thirty-six new species of land shells from Mr. H. Cuming's Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28(1): 133–141, pl. 50, pl. 51 figs 4–9. [31 May]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866659
page(s): 135, plate 50, fig. 4. [details]
original description (of Helix miser J. C. Cox, 1873) Cox, J. C. (1873). Descriptions of new land-shells from Australia and the Solomon Islands. <em>Poceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1873: 146-152., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504349
page(s): 146 [details]
original description (of Helix beatrix Angas, 1876) Angas, G. F. (1876). Descriptions of four new species of <i>Helix</i>; with some notes on <i>Helix angasiana</i> of Pfeiffer. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1876: 265-268., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29099430
page(s): p. 265, pl. 20, figs 1-5. [details]
original description (of Helix (Geotrochus) deidamia Angas, 1870) Angas, G. F. (1870). Descriptions of eight new species of Helicidae from the Western Pacific Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1869: 624-626., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28663573
page(s): 625, pl. 48, fig. 3 [details]
basis of record Rensch, I. (1934). Studies on <i>Papuina</i> and <i>Dendrotrochus</i>, pulmonate mollusks from the Solomon Islands. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 763: 1-26., available online at http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/4510//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/nov/N0763.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
page(s): 11 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Conchology (Papuina meta)
To GB Mollusca Types (Helix (Geotrochus) deidamia Angas, 1870; Syntype(s) (figured); NEWHM:HANM.1.3534) (from synonym Helix (Geotrochus) deidamia Angas, 1870)
To GB Mollusca Types (Helix beatrix Angas, 1876; Syntype(s) (figured); NEWHM:HANM.1.3152) (from synonym Helix beatrix Angas, 1876)
To Malacopics (Papuina meta (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) Papua New Guinea, Bougainville)
To Malacopics (Papuina meta (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) Solomon Islands)
To GB Mollusca Types (Helix (Geotrochus) deidamia Angas, 1870; Syntype(s) (figured); NEWHM:HANM.1.3534) (from synonym Helix (Geotrochus) deidamia Angas, 1870)
To GB Mollusca Types (Helix beatrix Angas, 1876; Syntype(s) (figured); NEWHM:HANM.1.3152) (from synonym Helix beatrix Angas, 1876)
To Malacopics (Papuina meta (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) Papua New Guinea, Bougainville)
To Malacopics (Papuina meta (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) Solomon Islands)
