MolluscaBase - Helix (Sterna) Albers, 1850

MolluscaBase name details

Helix (Sterna) Albers, 1850

AphiaID

1320936 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1320936)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Sterna Linnaeus, 1758 [Aves]: Iberus (Elona) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 is a replacement name)

Accepted name

Elona H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855

Rank

Subgenus

Type taxon

Helix quimperiana Blainville, 1821 accepted as Elona quimperiana (Blainville, 1821) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Helix Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Helix (Sterna) Albers, 1850

Environment

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

Original description

Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. <em>Berlin: Enslin.</em> 262 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11965983
page(s): 93 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Helix (Sterna) Albers, 1850. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1320936 on 2025-07-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-01-13 07:53:37Z

created

Köhler, Frank

2022-04-07 10:53:05Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. <em>Berlin: Enslin.</em> 262 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11965983
page(s): 93 [details]

Unreviewed

Elona quimperiana

Image from synonym