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Philopotamis Layard, 1855
1057367 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1057367)
accepted
Genus
Paludomus sulcatus Reeve, 1847 accepted as Philopotamis sulcatus (Reeve, 1847) (type by subsequent designation)
Heteropoma W. H. Benson, 1856 · unaccepted (objective synonym)
Paludomus (Philopotamis) Layard, 1855 · unaccepted
- Species Philopotamis bicinctus (Reeve, 1854)
- Species Philopotamis clavatus (Reeve, 1854)
- Species Philopotamis decussatus (Reeve, 1854)
- Species Philopotamis globulosus (J. E. Gray, 1833)
- Species Philopotamis nigricans (Reeve, 1847)
- Species Philopotamis regalis (Layard, 1855)
- Species Philopotamis sulcatus (Reeve, 1847)
- Species Philopotamis violaceus (Layard, 1855)
- Species Philopotamis thwaitesii Layard, 1855 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
masculine
Layard, E. L. (1855). Observations on the genus <i>Paludomus</i> of Swainson, with descriptions of several new species, and the description of a new species of <i>Anculotus</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22 (1854): 87-94 (published 1855)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747472
page(s): 88 [details]
page(s): 88 [details]
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original description
Layard, E. L. (1855). Observations on the genus <i>Paludomus</i> of Swainson, with descriptions of several new species, and the description of a new species of <i>Anculotus</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22 (1854): 87-94 (published 1855)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747472
page(s): 88 [details]
original description (of Heteropoma W. H. Benson, 1856) Benson, W. H. (1856). Descriptions of three new species of <i>Paludomus</i> from Burmah, and of some forms of <i>Stenothyra</i> (<i>Nematura</i>) from Penang, Mergui, etc. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 2.</em> 17(102): 494-504., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22070089
page(s): 494 [details]
basis of record Neiber, M. T.; Glaubrecht, M. (2019). Nomenclature of genus-group names of Recent Asian Paludomidae (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea), with a revision of <i>Paludomus (Odontochasma) stomatodon</i> (Benson, 1862) from the Western Ghats, India. <em>Malacologia.</em> 62(2): 329-344., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.062.0209
page(s): 333 [details]
additional source Subba Rao M.V. (1989). Handbook: freshwater molluscs of India. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta.</em> i-xxiii,1-289. [details]
subsequent type designation Nevill, G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 297; note: type species designation [details]
page(s): 88 [details]
original description (of Heteropoma W. H. Benson, 1856) Benson, W. H. (1856). Descriptions of three new species of <i>Paludomus</i> from Burmah, and of some forms of <i>Stenothyra</i> (<i>Nematura</i>) from Penang, Mergui, etc. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 2.</em> 17(102): 494-504., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22070089
page(s): 494 [details]
basis of record Neiber, M. T.; Glaubrecht, M. (2019). Nomenclature of genus-group names of Recent Asian Paludomidae (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea), with a revision of <i>Paludomus (Odontochasma) stomatodon</i> (Benson, 1862) from the Western Ghats, India. <em>Malacologia.</em> 62(2): 329-344., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.062.0209
page(s): 333 [details]
additional source Subba Rao M.V. (1989). Handbook: freshwater molluscs of India. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta.</em> i-xxiii,1-289. [details]
subsequent type designation Nevill, G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 297; note: type species designation [details]
