MolluscaBase taxon details
Megalobulimus popelairianus (Nyst, 1845)
1448843 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1448843)
accepted
Species
Bulimus popelairianus Nyst, 1845 · unaccepted (basionym)
Bulimus popelairianus var. connectens E. von Martens, 1876 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus popelairianus var. dohrnianus E. von Martens, 1876 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus popelairianus var. thammianus E. von Martens, 1876 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
(of Bulimus popelairianus Nyst, 1845) Nyst, P. H. (1845). Description de deux Bulimes nouveaux ou peu connues. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 12(2): 146-153., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2727935
page(s): 151, pl. 3 fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 151, pl. 3 fig. 5 [details]
Note "South America" (without a precise locality)
Type locality "South America" (without a precise locality) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Megalobulimus popelairianus (Nyst, 1845). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1448843 on 2026-06-16
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original description
(of Bulimus popelairianus Nyst, 1845) Nyst, P. H. (1845). Description de deux Bulimes nouveaux ou peu connues. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.</em> 12(2): 146-153., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2727935
page(s): 151, pl. 3 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Bulimus popelairianus var. thammianus E. von Martens, 1876) Martens, E. von. (1876). Die Bulimus-Arten aus der Gruppe Borus. In: Pfeiffer, L. (Ed). <i>Novitates conchologicae. Series prima. Mollusca extramarina</i>. 5: 1-26, pls 138-141., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10946077
page(s): 4, pl. 140, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Bulimus popelairianus var. dohrnianus E. von Martens, 1876) Martens, E. von. (1876). Die Bulimus-Arten aus der Gruppe Borus. In: Pfeiffer, L. (Ed). <i>Novitates conchologicae. Series prima. Mollusca extramarina</i>. 5: 1-26, pls 138-141., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10946077
page(s): 4, pl. 139, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Bulimus popelairianus var. connectens E. von Martens, 1876) Martens, E. von. (1876). Die Bulimus-Arten aus der Gruppe Borus. In: Pfeiffer, L. (Ed). <i>Novitates conchologicae. Series prima. Mollusca extramarina</i>. 5: 1-26, pls 138-141., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10946077
page(s): 4, pl. 139, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Simone, L. R. L. (2006). <i>Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil</i>. Editora Gráfica Bernardi, FAPESP. São Paulo, 390 pp.
page(s): 218 [details]
additional source Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. <em>PeerJ.</em> 5, e3065., available online at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5354113/#
page(s): 105, fig. 39A [details]
additional source Schileyko, A. A. (1999). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 4. Draparnaudiidae, Caryodidae, Macrocyclidae, Acavidae, Clavatoridae, Dorcasiidae, Sculptariidae, Corillidae, Plectopylidae, Megalobulimidae, Strophocheilidae, Cerionidae, Achatinidae, Subulinidae, Glessulidae, Micractaeonidae, Ferussaciidae. <em>Ruthenica.</em> Supplement 2: 437-564. Moskva [December].
page(s): 463, fig. 597 [details]
additional source Breure, A. S. H., Roosen, M. T. & Ablett, J. D. (2022). Land and freshwater molluscs of mainland Ecuador: an illustrated checklist. <em>Iberus.</em> 40(1): 1-290.
page(s): 118, figs. 151, 153-154 [details]
page(s): 151, pl. 3 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Bulimus popelairianus var. thammianus E. von Martens, 1876) Martens, E. von. (1876). Die Bulimus-Arten aus der Gruppe Borus. In: Pfeiffer, L. (Ed). <i>Novitates conchologicae. Series prima. Mollusca extramarina</i>. 5: 1-26, pls 138-141., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10946077
page(s): 4, pl. 140, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Bulimus popelairianus var. dohrnianus E. von Martens, 1876) Martens, E. von. (1876). Die Bulimus-Arten aus der Gruppe Borus. In: Pfeiffer, L. (Ed). <i>Novitates conchologicae. Series prima. Mollusca extramarina</i>. 5: 1-26, pls 138-141., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10946077
page(s): 4, pl. 139, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Bulimus popelairianus var. connectens E. von Martens, 1876) Martens, E. von. (1876). Die Bulimus-Arten aus der Gruppe Borus. In: Pfeiffer, L. (Ed). <i>Novitates conchologicae. Series prima. Mollusca extramarina</i>. 5: 1-26, pls 138-141., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10946077
page(s): 4, pl. 139, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Simone, L. R. L. (2006). <i>Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil</i>. Editora Gráfica Bernardi, FAPESP. São Paulo, 390 pp.
page(s): 218 [details]
additional source Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. <em>PeerJ.</em> 5, e3065., available online at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5354113/#
page(s): 105, fig. 39A [details]
additional source Schileyko, A. A. (1999). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 4. Draparnaudiidae, Caryodidae, Macrocyclidae, Acavidae, Clavatoridae, Dorcasiidae, Sculptariidae, Corillidae, Plectopylidae, Megalobulimidae, Strophocheilidae, Cerionidae, Achatinidae, Subulinidae, Glessulidae, Micractaeonidae, Ferussaciidae. <em>Ruthenica.</em> Supplement 2: 437-564. Moskva [December].
page(s): 463, fig. 597 [details]
additional source Breure, A. S. H., Roosen, M. T. & Ablett, J. D. (2022). Land and freshwater molluscs of mainland Ecuador: an illustrated checklist. <em>Iberus.</em> 40(1): 1-290.
page(s): 118, figs. 151, 153-154 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality "South America" (without a precise locality) [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megalobulimus popelairianus)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Megalobulimus popelairianus (Nyst, 1845) Ecuador, Los Rios, Quevedo)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Megalobulimus popelairianus (Nyst, 1845) Ecuador, Los Rios, Quevedo)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
