MolluscaBase taxon details
Helicina sprucei L. Pfeiffer, 1857
1449030 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1449030)
accepted
Species
Helicina (Helicina) pucayaensis Preston, 1914 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helicina pucayaensis Preston, 1914 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pfeiffer, L. (1857). Descriptions of thirty-one new species of land-shells, from Mr. Cuming's collection. <em>Proceedings of the zoological Society of London.</em> 25 (333): 107–112; 25 (334): 113. London [15 August] & [28 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451252
page(s): 111 [details]
page(s): 111 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Helicina sprucei L. Pfeiffer, 1857. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1449030 on 2026-04-26
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Pfeiffer, L. (1857). Descriptions of thirty-one new species of land-shells, from Mr. Cuming's collection. <em>Proceedings of the zoological Society of London.</em> 25 (333): 107–112; 25 (334): 113. London [15 August] & [28 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451252
page(s): 111 [details]
original description (of Helicina pucayaensis Preston, 1914) Preston, H.B. (1914). New non-marine Mollusca from Peru and Argentina. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (8) 13 (77): 522-528. London. [1 May]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641281
page(s): 526 [details]
basis of record Roosen, M.T. & Dorado, C. (2025). Some Peruvian Helicinidae and Scolodontidae (Gastropoda) described by Pilsbry, Preston and Rolle. <em>Basteria.</em> 89(2): 320-330.
page(s): 325, figs 11-12, 19-20 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 111 [details]
original description (of Helicina pucayaensis Preston, 1914) Preston, H.B. (1914). New non-marine Mollusca from Peru and Argentina. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (8) 13 (77): 522-528. London. [1 May]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641281
page(s): 526 [details]
basis of record Roosen, M.T. & Dorado, C. (2025). Some Peruvian Helicinidae and Scolodontidae (Gastropoda) described by Pilsbry, Preston and Rolle. <em>Basteria.</em> 89(2): 320-330.
page(s): 325, figs 11-12, 19-20 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To NHMUK collection (Helicina pucayaensis Preston, 1914; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:5552261) (from synonym Helicina pucayaensis Preston, 1914)
To NHMUK collection (Helicina sprucei Pfeiffer, 1857; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9592421)
To NHMUK collection (Helicina sprucei Pfeiffer, 1857; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9592421)
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Hosted externally, from synonym
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