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Pythohelix Swainson, 1840
999295 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:999295)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Helix castanea Swainson, 1840 accepted as Cochlostyla frater (A. Férussac, 1821) accepted as Helicostyla frater (A. Férussac, 1821) (type by monotypy)
feminine
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): 332 [details]
page(s): 332 [details]
Taxonomic remark The type species, Helix castanea Swainson, 1840: 332 is based on Bowdich (1822: pl. 8, fig 27).
Taxonomic remark The type species, Helix castanea Swainson, 1840: 332 is based on Bowdich (1822: pl. 8, fig 27). [details]
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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): 332 [details]
basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
page(s): 332 [details]
basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
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Taxonomic remark The type species, Helix castanea Swainson, 1840: 332 is based on Bowdich (1822: pl. 8, fig 27). [details]
