MolluscaBase - Partula faba (Gmelin, 1791)

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Partula faba (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

957020 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:957020)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Partula A. Férussac, 1821

Original name

Helix faba Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Bulimus australis Bruguière, 1792 · unaccepted

Helix faba Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)

Voluta fasciata Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted

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Subspecies Partula faba faba (Gmelin, 1791)
Subspecies Partula faba subangulata Pease, 1871
Variety Partula faba var. subangulata Pease, 1871 accepted as Partula faba subangulata Pease, 1871 (unaccepted > superseded rank)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Helix faba Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3623 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Partula faba (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957020 on 2025-11-13

Taxonomic edit history

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2017-03-05 07:27:33Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Helix faba Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3623 [details]

original description (of Bulimus australis Bruguière, 1792) Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke. volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; :345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 347 [details]

original description (of Voluta fasciata Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899 [details]

basis of record Gerlach, J. (2016). Icons of evolution: Pacific Island tree-snails of the family Partulidae. Phelsuma Press. ISBN: 978-0-99322-033-3. [details]

additional source Pease, W. H. (1871). Remarques sur certaines espèces de coquilles terrestres, habitant la Polynésie, et description d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie. 18(4): 393-403 ["1870"; published 22 January 1871]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15160812
page(s): 400-401 [details]