MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Helix (Pella) rhysodes Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1892). Descriptions of seventeen new terrestrial mollusks from South or Central Africa, in the collection of EDGAR L. LAYARD, Esq. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 9 (49): 87-94, pl. 4-6. London. [1 January]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15617730
page(s): 87, pl. 4, fig. 2 [details]
original description
(of Helix perplicata W. H. Benson, 1851) Benson, W. H. (1851). Descriptions of five new species of <i>Helix</i> from the Cape of Good Hope, with remarks on the known South-African species and a notice of several Cape limaces. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 7: 103–107., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13787689
page(s): 104 [details]
basis of record
Preece, R. C., White, T. S., Raheem, D. C., Ketchum, H., Ablett, J., Taylor, H., Webb, K. & Naggs, F. (2022). William Benson and the golden age of malacology in British India: Biography, illustrated catalogue and evaluation of his molluscan types. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online at https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390
page(s): 140, Fig. 61 D [details] Available for editors [request]