Molluscabase - Macrospira aperta (Swainson, 1840)

MolluscaBase name details

Macrospira aperta (Swainson, 1840)

AphiaID

1308118 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1308118)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Geostilbia aperta (Swainson, 1840)

Rank

Species

Parent

Macrospira Swainson, 1840 accepted as Cecilioides A. Férussac, 1814

Orig. name

Achatina (Macrospira) aperta Swainson, 1840

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Achatina (Macrospira) aperta Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 335, figs 97e-f [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Macrospira aperta (Swainson, 1840). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1308118 on 2024-04-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-11-09 09:32:36Z

created

Vinarski, Maxim

2019-06-17 00:42:01Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2020-01-16 09:30:31Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description (of Achatina (Macrospira) aperta Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 335, figs 97e-f [details]