MolluscaBase taxon details
Wollastonaria oxytropis (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
1340246 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1340246)
accepted
Species
Geomitra oxytropis (R. T. Lowe, 1831) · unaccepted
Helix (Helicella) oxytropis R. T. Lowe, 1831 · unaccepted
Helix (Hystricella) oxytropis R. T. Lowe, 1831 · unaccepted
Hystricella oxytropis (R. T. Lowe, 1831) · unaccepted (superseded generic combination)
Hystricella oxytropis oxytropis (R. T. Lowe, 1831) · unaccepted (superseded generic combination)
Wollastonia oxytropis (R. T. Lowe, 1831) · unaccepted
(of Helix (Helicella) oxytropis R. T. Lowe, 1831) Lowe, R. T. (1831). Primitiae faunae et florae Maderae et Portus Sancti; sive species quaedam novae vel hactenus minus rite cognitae animalium et plantarum in his insulis degentium breviter descriptae. <em>Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.</em> 4 (1): 1-70, pl. 1-6. Cambridge., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13265840
page(s): 57, pl. 6 fig. 18 [details]
page(s): 57, pl. 6 fig. 18 [details]
Lectotype (of Helix (Helicella) oxytropis R. T. Lowe,...
Lectotype (of Helix (Helicella) oxytropis R. T. Lowe, 1831) NHMUK 1968.546, geounit Porto Santo [details]
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original description
(of Helix (Helicella) oxytropis R. T. Lowe, 1831) Lowe, R. T. (1831). Primitiae faunae et florae Maderae et Portus Sancti; sive species quaedam novae vel hactenus minus rite cognitae animalium et plantarum in his insulis degentium breviter descriptae. <em>Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.</em> 4 (1): 1-70, pl. 1-6. Cambridge., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13265840
page(s): 57, pl. 6 fig. 18 [details]
original description (of Helix (Hystricella) oxytropis var. subcarinulata Wollaston, 1878) Wollaston, T. V. (1878). <i>Testacea Atlantica or the land and freshwater shells of the Azores, Madeiras, Salvages, Canaries, Cape Verdes, and Saint Helena</i>. i-xi, [1], 1-588, 1-16 pp. London: Reeve. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18928631
page(s): 167, 168 [details]
page(s): 57, pl. 6 fig. 18 [details]
original description (of Helix (Hystricella) oxytropis var. subcarinulata Wollaston, 1878) Wollaston, T. V. (1878). <i>Testacea Atlantica or the land and freshwater shells of the Azores, Madeiras, Salvages, Canaries, Cape Verdes, and Saint Helena</i>. i-xi, [1], 1-588, 1-16 pp. London: Reeve. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18928631
page(s): 167, 168 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Helix (Helicella) oxytropis R. T. Lowe, 1831) NHMUK 1968.546, geounit Porto Santo [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 97114)
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Wollastonaria oxytropis)
To GB Mollusca Types (Helix (Helicella) oxytropis Lowe, 1831; Paralectotype(s); 407304–407315) (from synonym Helix (Helicella) oxytropis R. T. Lowe, 1831)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Wollastonia oxytropis (R. T. Lowe, 1831))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Wollastonaria oxytropis)
To GB Mollusca Types (Helix (Helicella) oxytropis Lowe, 1831; Paralectotype(s); 407304–407315) (from synonym Helix (Helicella) oxytropis R. T. Lowe, 1831)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Wollastonia oxytropis (R. T. Lowe, 1831))
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
