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Cerion geophilus Clench & Aguayo, 1949
1539006 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1539006)
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Cerion (Strophiops) geophilum [sic] · alternative representation
Cerion geophilum [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Clench, W. J. & C. G. Aguayo. (1949). Algunas especies de cerionidos (Moll. Gast.) de la costa norte de Oriente, Cuba. <em>Torreia.</em> 14: 3:10.
page(s): 5-6; pl. 1, figs. 7-12 [details]
page(s): 5-6; pl. 1, figs. 7-12 [details]
Type locality contained in Cuba
, Note Punta de Piedra, Banes
type locality contained in Cuba (origin: native) [details]
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Type locality Punta de Piedra, Banes [details]
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Clench, W. J. & C. G. Aguayo. (1949). Algunas especies de cerionidos (Moll. Gast.) de la costa norte de Oriente, Cuba. <em>Torreia.</em> 14: 3:10.
page(s): 5-6; pl. 1, figs. 7-12 [details]
basis of record Gould, S. J. (1992). Constraint and the square snail: life at the limits of a covariance set. The normal teratology of <i>Cerion disforme</i>. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 47: 407-437., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1992.tb00677.x
page(s): 411 [details]
additional source Espinosa, J. & Ortea, J. (1999). Moluscos terrestres del archipiélago cubano. <em>Avicennia.</em> suppl. 2: 1-137., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44341104
page(s): 106 [details]
additional source Clench, W. J. (1957). A catalogue of the Cerionidae (Mollusca - Pulmonata). <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.</em> 116(2): 121-169 (April)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2789647
page(s): 146 [details]
additional source González-Guillén, A., Fernández-Velázquez, A., Lajonchere-Ponce de León, L. A., Berschauer, D. P. (2017). Narrow-range taxa of Cerion (Mollusca: Cerionidae) in the northeastern province of Cuba. <em>Festivus.</em> 49(1): 3-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.54173/f4913
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Woodruff, D. S. (1978). Evolution and adaptive radiation of <i>Cerion</i>: a remarkably diverse group of West Indian land snails. <em>Malacologia.</em> 17(2): 223-239.
page(s): 234 [details]
page(s): 5-6; pl. 1, figs. 7-12 [details]
basis of record Gould, S. J. (1992). Constraint and the square snail: life at the limits of a covariance set. The normal teratology of <i>Cerion disforme</i>. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 47: 407-437., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1992.tb00677.x
page(s): 411 [details]
additional source Espinosa, J. & Ortea, J. (1999). Moluscos terrestres del archipiélago cubano. <em>Avicennia.</em> suppl. 2: 1-137., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44341104
page(s): 106 [details]
additional source Clench, W. J. (1957). A catalogue of the Cerionidae (Mollusca - Pulmonata). <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.</em> 116(2): 121-169 (April)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2789647
page(s): 146 [details]
additional source González-Guillén, A., Fernández-Velázquez, A., Lajonchere-Ponce de León, L. A., Berschauer, D. P. (2017). Narrow-range taxa of Cerion (Mollusca: Cerionidae) in the northeastern province of Cuba. <em>Festivus.</em> 49(1): 3-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.54173/f4913
page(s): 9 [details]
additional source Woodruff, D. S. (1978). Evolution and adaptive radiation of <i>Cerion</i>: a remarkably diverse group of West Indian land snails. <em>Malacologia.</em> 17(2): 223-239.
page(s): 234 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Spelling Clench & Aguayo (1949) knew that the genus name Cerion was neuter, as they introduced the name Cerion banesense in the same work as C. geophilus. They did not indicate that "geophilus" was an adjective, so it must be taken as a noun, with invariant ending (ICZN Article 31.2.2). [details]Type locality Punta de Piedra, Banes [details]
