MolluscaBase taxon details
Pachychilus chrysalis (Brot, 1872)
1059081 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1059081)
accepted
Species
Melania chrysalis Brot, 1872 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pachychilus (Pachychilus) chrysalis (Brot, 1872) · alternative representation
Pachychilus chrysalis var. vulneratus P. Fischer & Crosse, 1892 · unaccepted (variety)
Pachychilus vulneratus P. Fischer & Crosse, 1892 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Pachychilus chrysalis chrysalis (Brot, 1872)
- Subspecies Pachychilus chrysalis nympha E. von Martens, 1899
- Variety Pachychilus chrysalis var. vulneratus P. Fischer & Crosse, 1892 accepted as Pachychilus chrysalis (Brot, 1872) (variety)
(of Melania chrysalis Brot, 1872) Brot, A. (1872). Matériaux pour servir à l'étude de la famille des mélaniens, III; pp 5-55, pl. 1-4 (Genève, Chez Georg). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11654777
page(s): 30, pl. 2 fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 30, pl. 2 fig. 5 [details]
Lectotype (of Melania chrysalis Brot, 1872) MHNG 134,...
Lectotype (of Melania chrysalis Brot, 1872) MHNG 134, geounit Tehuantepec Gulf [details]
Lectotype MHNG 134 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pachychilus chrysalis (Brot, 1872). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1059081 on 2025-06-28
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original description
(of Melania chrysalis Brot, 1872) Brot, A. (1872). Matériaux pour servir à l'étude de la famille des mélaniens, III; pp 5-55, pl. 1-4 (Genève, Chez Georg). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11654777
page(s): 30, pl. 2 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Pachychilus chrysalis var. vulneratus P. Fischer & Crosse, 1892) Fischer, P. & Crosse, H. (1870-1902). Études sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Mexique et du Guatemala. <i>Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amerique Centrale. Recherches zoologiques</i>, Partie 7 Volume 1: 702 pp., pls 1-31; volume 2: 731 pp., pls 32-72. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale. Published in 17 livraisons. Volume 1: 1-152, pls 1-6 (1870); 153-304, pls 7-12 (1872); 305-464, pls 13-20 (1873); 465-546, pls 21-24 (1875); 547-624, pls 25-28 (1877); 625-702, pls 29-31 (1878). Volume 2: 1-80, pls 32-36 (1880); 81-128, pls 37-42 (1886); 129-176, pls 43-46 (1888); 177-256, pls 47-48 (1890); 257-312, pls 49-52 (1891); 313-392, pls 53-54 (1892); 393-656, pls 55-66 (1894); 657-731, pls 67-72 (1902). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32561855, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32161386
page(s): 342, pl. 51, figs. 9-9a, 10-10a [details]
basis of record Gomez-Berning, M.; Köhler, F.; Glaubrecht, M. (2012). Catalogue of the nominal taxa of Mesoamerican Pachychilidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3381: 1–44.
page(s): 7 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Berning M.I. (2020). Cerithioidea. Pp. 354-377, in: <i>Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates</i>, ed. 4. Volume 5 (C. Damborenea, F.C. Rogers & J.J. Thorp): Keys to neotropical and Antarctic fauna. Academic Press.
page(s): 364, fig. 11.81C [details]
page(s): 30, pl. 2 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Pachychilus chrysalis var. vulneratus P. Fischer & Crosse, 1892) Fischer, P. & Crosse, H. (1870-1902). Études sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Mexique et du Guatemala. <i>Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amerique Centrale. Recherches zoologiques</i>, Partie 7 Volume 1: 702 pp., pls 1-31; volume 2: 731 pp., pls 32-72. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale. Published in 17 livraisons. Volume 1: 1-152, pls 1-6 (1870); 153-304, pls 7-12 (1872); 305-464, pls 13-20 (1873); 465-546, pls 21-24 (1875); 547-624, pls 25-28 (1877); 625-702, pls 29-31 (1878). Volume 2: 1-80, pls 32-36 (1880); 81-128, pls 37-42 (1886); 129-176, pls 43-46 (1888); 177-256, pls 47-48 (1890); 257-312, pls 49-52 (1891); 313-392, pls 53-54 (1892); 393-656, pls 55-66 (1894); 657-731, pls 67-72 (1902). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32561855, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32161386
page(s): 342, pl. 51, figs. 9-9a, 10-10a [details]
basis of record Gomez-Berning, M.; Köhler, F.; Glaubrecht, M. (2012). Catalogue of the nominal taxa of Mesoamerican Pachychilidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3381: 1–44.
page(s): 7 [details] Available for editors

additional source Berning M.I. (2020). Cerithioidea. Pp. 354-377, in: <i>Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates</i>, ed. 4. Volume 5 (C. Damborenea, F.C. Rogers & J.J. Thorp): Keys to neotropical and Antarctic fauna. Academic Press.
page(s): 364, fig. 11.81C [details]




Lectotype (of Melania chrysalis Brot, 1872) MHNG 134, geounit Tehuantepec Gulf [details]
Lectotype MHNG 134 [details]