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Acicula fusca (Montagu, 1803)
933915 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:933915)
accepted
Species
Acicula (Acicula) fusca (Montagu, 1803) · alternative representation
Acme (Acme) inchoata Ehrmann, 1933 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Acme lineata var. alba Jeffreys, 1862 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acme lineata var. sinistrorsa Jeffreys, 1862 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Bulimus minutus T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix fusca Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted (original name)
Turbo fuscus Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Subspecies Acicula fusca frici (Flach, 1889) †
(of Helix fusca Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 424, Tab. 13 fig. 1 [details]
(of Turbo fuscus Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 330 [details]
page(s): 424, Tab. 13 fig. 1 [details]
(of Turbo fuscus Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 330 [details]
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original description
(of Acme lineata var. pyrenaica de Folin & Bérillon, 1877) de Folin L. & Bérillon F. (1877). Contributions à la faune malacologique de la région extrême S.-O. de la France. IX-XIV. <em>Bulletin de la Société des Sciences et Arts de Bayonne.</em> (1877): 255-259., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044100896752&seq=263
page(s): 257, pl. 3 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Helix fusca Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 424, Tab. 13 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Turbo fuscus Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 330 [details]
original description (of Acme lineata var. alba Jeffreys, 1862) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 1: 308 [details]
original description (of Acme lineata var. sinistrorsa Jeffreys, 1862) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): Vol. 1, p. 308 [details]
original description (of Acme (Acme) inchoata Ehrmann, 1933) Ehrmann, P. (1933). Mollusca. In: Brohmer, Ehrmann & Ulmer: Die Tierwelt Mitteleuropas, 2 (Lief. 1): 1–264, 13 pl. Leipzig (Quelle & Meyer). [Photomech. Nachdruck 1956.]
page(s): 182 [details]
basis of record Welter-Schultes, F.W. (2012). European non-marine molluscs, a guide for species identification. <em>Planet Poster Editions, Göttingen.</em> A1-A3, 1–679, Q1-Q78.
page(s): 75 [details]
additional source Boeters, H. D.; Gittenberger, E. & Subai, P. (1989). Die Aciculidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda Prosobranchia). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 252: 1-234. Leiden [21 July]., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/148972
page(s): 43 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 257, pl. 3 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Helix fusca Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 424, Tab. 13 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Turbo fuscus Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 330 [details]
original description (of Acme lineata var. alba Jeffreys, 1862) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 1: 308 [details]
original description (of Acme lineata var. sinistrorsa Jeffreys, 1862) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): Vol. 1, p. 308 [details]
original description (of Acme (Acme) inchoata Ehrmann, 1933) Ehrmann, P. (1933). Mollusca. In: Brohmer, Ehrmann & Ulmer: Die Tierwelt Mitteleuropas, 2 (Lief. 1): 1–264, 13 pl. Leipzig (Quelle & Meyer). [Photomech. Nachdruck 1956.]
page(s): 182 [details]
basis of record Welter-Schultes, F.W. (2012). European non-marine molluscs, a guide for species identification. <em>Planet Poster Editions, Göttingen.</em> A1-A3, 1–679, Q1-Q78.
page(s): 75 [details]
additional source Boeters, H. D.; Gittenberger, E. & Subai, P. (1989). Die Aciculidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda Prosobranchia). <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 252: 1-234. Leiden [21 July]., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/148972
page(s): 43 [details] Available for editors
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Unknown type (of Bulimus minutus T. Brown, 1827) [details]