Molluscabase - Leptaxis R. T. Lowe, 1852

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Leptaxis R. T. Lowe, 1852

AphiaID

996520 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:996520)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Leptaxini C. R. Boettger, 1909

Orig. name

Helix (Leptaxis) R. T. Lowe, 1852

Synonymised names

Helix (Cryptaxis) R. T. Lowe, 1855 · unaccepted

Helix (Katostoma) R. T. Lowe, 1855 · unaccepted (basionym)

Helix (Leptaxis) R. T. Lowe, 1852 · unaccepted

Leptaxis (Cryptaxis) R. T. Lowe, 1855 · alternative representation

Leptaxis (Helixena) Backhuys, 1975 · alternative representation

Leptaxis (Katostoma) R. T. Lowe, 1855 · alternative representation

Leptaxis (Leptaxis) R. T. Lowe, 1852 · alternative representation

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Species Leptaxis atlantidea (Morelet, 1873)
Species Leptaxis azorica (Albers, 1852)
Species Leptaxis bollei (Albers, 1854)
Species Leptaxis chrysomela (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) †
Species Leptaxis drouetiana (Morelet, 1860)
Species Leptaxis fluctuosa (R. T. Lowe, 1852) †
Species Leptaxis furva (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
Species Leptaxis groviana (A. Férussac, 1832)
Species Leptaxis isambertoi Teixeira & Groh, 2019 †
Species Leptaxis membranacea (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
Species Leptaxis nivosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824)
Species Leptaxis orzolae E. Gittenberger & Ripken, 1985 †
Species Leptaxis psammophora (R. T. Lowe, 1852) †
Species Leptaxis sanctaemariae (Morelet & Drouët, 1857)
Species Leptaxis simia (A. Férussac, 1832)
Species Leptaxis vetusta (Morelet & Drouët, 1857) †
Species Leptaxis wollastoni (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
Species Leptaxis aziospudasta (Filhol, 1877) † accepted as Pseudoleptaxis aziospudasta (Filhol, 1877) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Leptaxis bulbulus (F. Sandberger, 1873) † accepted as Pseudoleptaxis bulbulus (F. Sandberger, 1873) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Leptaxis erubescens (R. T. Lowe, 1831) accepted as Leptaxis simia (A. Férussac, 1832)
Species Leptaxis fabrei (F. Sandberger, 1873) † accepted as Pseudoleptaxis fabrei (F. Sandberger, 1873) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Leptaxis guilloti Rey, 1974 † accepted as Palaeotachea guilloti (Rey, 1974) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Leptaxis raulini (Noulet, 1854) † accepted as Pseudoleptaxis raulini (Noulet, 1854) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Leptaxis vulcania (R. T. Lowe, 1852) accepted as Leptaxis groviana vulcania (R. T. Lowe, 1852) (unaccepted rank)
Subgenus Leptaxis (Cryptaxis) R. T. Lowe, 1855 represented as Leptaxis R. T. Lowe, 1852
1. Species Leptaxis (Cryptaxis) groviana (A. Férussac, 1832) represented as Leptaxis groviana (A. Férussac, 1832)
Subgenus Leptaxis (Helixena) Backhuys, 1975 represented as Leptaxis R. T. Lowe, 1852
1. Species Leptaxis (Helixena) sanctaemariae (Morelet & Drouët, 1857) represented as Leptaxis sanctaemariae (Morelet & Drouët, 1857)
Subgenus Leptaxis (Katostoma) R. T. Lowe, 1855 represented as Leptaxis R. T. Lowe, 1852
1. Species Leptaxis (Katostoma) granularis Groh, 1983 † accepted as Leptaxis (Katostoma) psammophora (R. T. Lowe, 1852) † represented as Leptaxis psammophora (R. T. Lowe, 1852) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
2. Species Leptaxis (Katostoma) nivosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824) represented as Leptaxis nivosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824)
3. Species Leptaxis (Katostoma) psammophora (R. T. Lowe, 1852) † represented as Leptaxis psammophora (R. T. Lowe, 1852) †
4. Species Leptaxis (Katostoma) wollastoni (R. T. Lowe, 1852) represented as Leptaxis wollastoni (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
Subgenus Leptaxis (Leptaxis) R. T. Lowe, 1852 represented as Leptaxis R. T. Lowe, 1852
1. Species Leptaxis (Leptaxis) primaeva (Morelet, 1873) accepted as Eremina primaeva (Morelet, 1873) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
2. Species Leptaxis (Leptaxis) azorica (Albers, 1852) represented as Leptaxis azorica (Albers, 1852)
3. Species Leptaxis (Leptaxis) chrysomela (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) † represented as Leptaxis chrysomela (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) †
4. Species Leptaxis (Leptaxis) drouetiana (Morelet, 1860) represented as Leptaxis drouetiana (Morelet, 1860)
5. Species Leptaxis (Leptaxis) fluctuosa (R. T. Lowe, 1852) † represented as Leptaxis fluctuosa (R. T. Lowe, 1852) †
6. Species Leptaxis (Leptaxis) furva (R. T. Lowe, 1831) represented as Leptaxis furva (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
7. Species Leptaxis (Leptaxis) isambertoi Teixeira & Groh, 2019 † represented as Leptaxis isambertoi Teixeira & Groh, 2019 †
8. Species Leptaxis (Leptaxis) membranacea (R. T. Lowe, 1852) represented as Leptaxis membranacea (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
9. Species Leptaxis (Leptaxis) orzolae E. Gittenberger & Ripken, 1985 † represented as Leptaxis orzolae E. Gittenberger & Ripken, 1985 †
10. Species Leptaxis (Leptaxis) simia (A. Férussac, 1832) represented as Leptaxis simia (A. Férussac, 1832)
11. Species Leptaxis (Leptaxis) vetusta (Morelet & Drouët, 1857) † represented as Leptaxis vetusta (Morelet & Drouët, 1857) †
12. Species Leptaxis (Leptaxis) caldeirarum (Morelet & Drouët, 1857) (uncertain)
13. Species Leptaxis (Leptaxis) minor Backhuys, 1975 (uncertain)
14. Species Leptaxis (Leptaxis) terceirana (Morelet, 1860) (uncertain)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of Helix (Leptaxis) R. T. Lowe, 1852) Lowe, R. T. (1852). Brief diagnostic notices of new Maderan land shells. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 9 (50): 112-120; (2) 9 (52): 275-279. London [1 February; 1 April]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2362893
page(s): 112 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Leptaxis R. T. Lowe, 1852. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996520 on 2024-04-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-06-15 07:29:09Z

created

Bank, Ruud

2020-07-13 06:28:13Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

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original description (of Helix (Cryptaxis) R. T. Lowe, 1855) Lowe, R. T. (1855 ["1854"]). Catalogus molluscorum pneumonatorum insularum Maderensium: or a list of all the land and freshwater shells, recent and fossil, of the Madeiran islands: arranged in groups according to their natural affinities; with diagnoses of the groups, and of the new or hitherto imperfectly defined species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 22: 161-208 [16 March 1855]; 209-218 [27 March 1855]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747564
page(s): 168 [details]

original description (of Helix (Katostoma) R. T. Lowe, 1855) Lowe, R. T. (1855 ["1854"]). Catalogus molluscorum pneumonatorum insularum Maderensium: or a list of all the land and freshwater shells, recent and fossil, of the Madeiran islands: arranged in groups according to their natural affinities; with diagnoses of the groups, and of the new or hitherto imperfectly defined species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 22: 161-208 [16 March 1855]; 209-218 [27 March 1855]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747564
page(s): 166 [details]

original description (of Helix (Leptaxis) R. T. Lowe, 1852) Lowe, R. T. (1852). Brief diagnostic notices of new Maderan land shells. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 9 (50): 112-120; (2) 9 (52): 275-279. London [1 February; 1 April]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2362893
page(s): 112 [details]

basis of record Cockerell, T. D. A. (1922). The helicoid genus Leptaxis Lowe. The Nautilus. 35(4): 101-103, pl. 3, figs. 14-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1712141 [details]

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