MolluscaBase - Leytia Pilsbry, 1892

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Leytia Pilsbry, 1892

AphiaID

995841 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:995841)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Helix fragilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1841 accepted as Leytia leytensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Helicostylinae Ihering, 1909 (1890)

Original name

Cochlostyla (Leytia) Pilsbry, 1892

Synonymised names

Chloraea (Leytia) Pilsbry, 1892 · unaccepted > superseded rank

Cochlostyla (Leytia) Pilsbry, 1892 · unaccepted > superseded rank

Helicostyla (Leytia) Pilsbry, 1892 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Species Leytia leytensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
Species Leytia fragilis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1841) accepted as Leytia leytensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) (junior homonym of Helix fragilis Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of Cochlostyla (Leytia) Pilsbry, 1892) Pilsbry, H. A. (1891-1892). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 7: Helicidae, vol.5. pp 1-225, pls 1-61. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-15, Aug. 3, 1891; pp. 65-128, pls. 16-30, Nov. 3, 1891; pp. 129-192, pls. 31-45, Jan. 30, 1892; pp. 193-225, pls. 46-61, Apr. 25, 1892]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1102230
page(s): 129 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leytia Pilsbry, 1892. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995841 on 2025-06-29

Taxonomic edit history

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2017-06-15 07:29:09Z

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Köhler, Frank

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Auffenberg, Kurt

2020-07-30 00:23:51Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

2025-02-13 17:50:29Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

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Sources (2)

original description (of Cochlostyla (Leytia) Pilsbry, 1892) Pilsbry, H. A. (1891-1892). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 7: Helicidae, vol.5. pp 1-225, pls 1-61. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-15, Aug. 3, 1891; pp. 65-128, pls. 16-30, Nov. 3, 1891; pp. 129-192, pls. 31-45, Jan. 30, 1892; pp. 193-225, pls. 46-61, Apr. 25, 1892]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1102230
page(s): 129 [details]

basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]