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Partula grisea R. P. Lesson, 1831
888389 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:888389)
accepted
Species
Helix carteriensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Partula (Melanesica) mathildae C. R. Boettger, 1918 · alternative representation
Partula carteriensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Partula gerardensis Soós, 1911 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Partula hartmanni E. A. Smith, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Partula mathildae C. R. Boettger, 1918 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Partula obliterata Pilsbry, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Partula paravicinii Clench, 1933 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Placostylus (Leucocharis) dorseyi Dall, 1910 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Placostylus dorseyi Dall, 1910 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a>, link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): 325-326, pl. 13, fig. 11 [details]
page(s): 325-326, pl. 13, fig. 11 [details]
Note New Guinea
Type locality New Guinea [details]
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original description
Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a>, link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): 325-326, pl. 13, fig. 11 [details]
original description (of Helix carteriensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 2(1): 117, pl. 9, figs 10-11 [details]
original description (of Partula hartmanni E. A. Smith, 1884) Smith, E. A. (1884). An account of the land and freshwater Mollusca collected during the voyage of the 'Challenger' from December 1872 to May 1876. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 52 (18-19): 258-280., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30826570
page(s): 265-266, pl. 12, fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Partula obliterata Pilsbry, 1909) Pilsbry, H. A. (1908-1910). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 20: <i>Caecilioides, Glessula</i> and Partulidae. pp i-viii, 1-326, pls 1-43. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-10, 19 Nov. 1908; pp. 65-154, pls 11-21, 18 May 1909; pp. 155-314, pls 22-36, 29 Sept. 1909; pp. i-viii, 315-326, pls 37-43, 23 March 1910]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1098062
page(s): 300-301, pl. 37, figs. 11-12 [details]
original description (of Partula gerardensis Soós, 1911) Soós, A. (1911). On a collection of land shells from New Guinea and adjacent islands. <em>Annales historico-naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici.</em> 9: 345-352., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56545972
page(s): 355-356, fig. 10 [details]
original description (of Partula paravicinii Clench, 1933) Clench, W. J. (1933). Two new snails from the Bismarck Archipelago. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 47(1): 23-24, pl. 3, figs. 5-6, 9-10., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8522590
page(s): 24, pl. 3, figs 5-6 [details]
original description (of Placostylus (Leucocharis) dorseyi Dall, 1910) Dall, W. H. (1910). Description of two new pulmonate mollusks with a list of other species from the Solomon Islands, collected by Dr. George A. Dorsey. <em>Field Museum of Natural History. Zoological series.</em> 7(8): 215-221., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2644906
page(s): 216, 219 [details]
original description (of Partula (Melanesica) mathildae C. R. Boettger, 1918) Boettger, C. R. (1918). Die Molluskenausbeute der hanseatischen Südsee-Expedition 1909. <em>Abhandlungen der senckenbergisch-naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 36: 288-308 ["1914"]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48232535
page(s): 296, pl. 21, fig. 3a-c [details]
basis of record Gerlach, J. (2016). <i>Icons of evolution: Pacific Island tree-snails of the family Partulidae</i>. Phelsuma Press. ISBN: 978-0-99322-033-3. [details]
additional source Li, R., Haponski, A. E., Bick, C. S., Lee, T., Yeung, N. W., Hayes, K. A., Li, J. & Foighil, D. Ó. (2025). Back to the future: phylogenetic support for three Partulidae genera: <i>Eua</i>, <i>Samoana</i>, and <i>Partula</i>. <em>Malacologia.</em> 68(1/2): 361-380. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 325-326, pl. 13, fig. 11 [details]
original description (of Helix carteriensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 2(1): 117, pl. 9, figs 10-11 [details]
original description (of Partula hartmanni E. A. Smith, 1884) Smith, E. A. (1884). An account of the land and freshwater Mollusca collected during the voyage of the 'Challenger' from December 1872 to May 1876. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 52 (18-19): 258-280., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30826570
page(s): 265-266, pl. 12, fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Partula obliterata Pilsbry, 1909) Pilsbry, H. A. (1908-1910). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 20: <i>Caecilioides, Glessula</i> and Partulidae. pp i-viii, 1-326, pls 1-43. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-10, 19 Nov. 1908; pp. 65-154, pls 11-21, 18 May 1909; pp. 155-314, pls 22-36, 29 Sept. 1909; pp. i-viii, 315-326, pls 37-43, 23 March 1910]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1098062
page(s): 300-301, pl. 37, figs. 11-12 [details]
original description (of Partula gerardensis Soós, 1911) Soós, A. (1911). On a collection of land shells from New Guinea and adjacent islands. <em>Annales historico-naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici.</em> 9: 345-352., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56545972
page(s): 355-356, fig. 10 [details]
original description (of Partula paravicinii Clench, 1933) Clench, W. J. (1933). Two new snails from the Bismarck Archipelago. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 47(1): 23-24, pl. 3, figs. 5-6, 9-10., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8522590
page(s): 24, pl. 3, figs 5-6 [details]
original description (of Placostylus (Leucocharis) dorseyi Dall, 1910) Dall, W. H. (1910). Description of two new pulmonate mollusks with a list of other species from the Solomon Islands, collected by Dr. George A. Dorsey. <em>Field Museum of Natural History. Zoological series.</em> 7(8): 215-221., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2644906
page(s): 216, 219 [details]
original description (of Partula (Melanesica) mathildae C. R. Boettger, 1918) Boettger, C. R. (1918). Die Molluskenausbeute der hanseatischen Südsee-Expedition 1909. <em>Abhandlungen der senckenbergisch-naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 36: 288-308 ["1914"]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48232535
page(s): 296, pl. 21, fig. 3a-c [details]
basis of record Gerlach, J. (2016). <i>Icons of evolution: Pacific Island tree-snails of the family Partulidae</i>. Phelsuma Press. ISBN: 978-0-99322-033-3. [details]
additional source Li, R., Haponski, A. E., Bick, C. S., Lee, T., Yeung, N. W., Hayes, K. A., Li, J. & Foighil, D. Ó. (2025). Back to the future: phylogenetic support for three Partulidae genera: <i>Eua</i>, <i>Samoana</i>, and <i>Partula</i>. <em>Malacologia.</em> 68(1/2): 361-380. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality New Guinea [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 10119)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Partula carteriensis) (from synonym Partula carteriensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Partula grisea)
To Genbank
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Partula carteriensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Partula carteriensis) (from synonym Partula carteriensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Partula grisea)
To Genbank
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Partula carteriensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
From editor or global species database
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