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Elisolimax flavescens (W. Keferstein, 1866)
1058469 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1058469)
accepted
Species
Aspidoporus fasciatus E. von Martens, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Atoxon cooksoni Forcart, 1967 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Kirkia flavescens Pollonera, 1909 · unaccepted (possible synonym)
Kirkia gibbonsi Connolly, 1925 · unaccepted (possible synonym)
Kirkia gibbonsi var. pallida (Gibbons, 1879) · unaccepted (possible junior synonym)
Parmarion flavescens W. Keferstein, 1866 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Urocyclus (Elisolimax) flavescens (W. Keferstein, 1866) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Urocyclus fasciatus (E. von Martens, 1879) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Urocyclus flavescens (W. Keferstein, 1866) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Urocyclus flavescens var. pallida J. S. Gibbons, 1879 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Urocyclus pallescens T. D. A. Cockerell, 1891 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
(of Parmarion flavescens W. Keferstein, 1866) Keferstein, W. (1866). Ueber <i>Parmarion flavescens</i> sp. n. aus Mossambique. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 13: 70-76. pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15855927#page/84/mode/1up [details]
Type locality contained in Mozambique
type locality contained in Mozambique [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Elisolimax flavescens (W. Keferstein, 1866). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1058469 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Urocyclus pallescens T. D. A. Cockerell, 1891) Cockerell, T. D. A. (1891). Notes on slugs, chiefly in the collection at the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology, series 6.</em> 7: 97-107., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25164578
page(s): 101 [details]
original description (of Parmarion flavescens W. Keferstein, 1866) Keferstein, W. (1866). Ueber <i>Parmarion flavescens</i> sp. n. aus Mossambique. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 13: 70-76. pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15855927#page/84/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Aspidoporus fasciatus E. von Martens, 1879) Martens, E. von. (1879). Übersicht der von W. Peters von 1843 bis 1847 in Mossambique gesammelten Mollusca. <em>Monatsberichte der königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1879(7): 727-749., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36341972
page(s): 736. [details]
original description (of Atoxon cooksoni Forcart, 1967) Forcart, L. (1967). Studies on the Veronicellidae, Aperidae and Urocyclidae (Mollusca) of Southern Africa. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 18(3): 505-570.
page(s): 553, figs 38-40. [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Kirkia gibbonsi Connolly, 1925) Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105-220, pl. 4-8. Cape Town. [March].
page(s): 138 [details]
original description (of Kirkia flavescens Pollonera, 1909) Pollonera, C. (1909). Molluschi, Stylommatophora. Il Ruwenzori. Parte scientifica. Risultati delle osservazioni e studi compiuti sul materiale raccolto dalla spedizione. Vol. 1, 181-205.
page(s): 192 [details]
original description (of Urocyclus flavescens var. pallida J. S. Gibbons, 1879) Gibbons, J. S. (1879). Descriptions of two new species of land shells, and remarks on others collected on the East African Coast. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 2: 138-145., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31584855
page(s): 139 [details]
basis of record Herbert, D. & Kilburn, D. (2004). Field guide to the land snails and slugs of eastern South Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Natal Museum. [v] + 336 pp.
page(s): 291 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Goethem, J. L. (1977). Révision systématique des Urocyclinae (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Urocylidae). <em>Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences Zoologiques.</em> 218: XI + 355 pp., 720 figg., pl. 1-4. Tervuren.
page(s): 215 [details]
additional source Muratov, I.V. (2010). Terrestrial molluscs of Cabo Delgado and adjacent inland areas of north-eastern Mozambique. <em>African Invertebrates.</em> 51(2): 255–288.
page(s): 283 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Nel, N.E. (1984). The ontogeny of the genital system of Elisolimax flavescens (Keferstein) (Pulmontata, Urocyclidae). <em>Annale Universiteit van Stellenbosch, Serie A2 (Soölogie), 4(1): 1–30.</em> [details]
page(s): 101 [details]
original description (of Parmarion flavescens W. Keferstein, 1866) Keferstein, W. (1866). Ueber <i>Parmarion flavescens</i> sp. n. aus Mossambique. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 13: 70-76. pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15855927#page/84/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Aspidoporus fasciatus E. von Martens, 1879) Martens, E. von. (1879). Übersicht der von W. Peters von 1843 bis 1847 in Mossambique gesammelten Mollusca. <em>Monatsberichte der königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1879(7): 727-749., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36341972
page(s): 736. [details]
original description (of Atoxon cooksoni Forcart, 1967) Forcart, L. (1967). Studies on the Veronicellidae, Aperidae and Urocyclidae (Mollusca) of Southern Africa. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 18(3): 505-570.
page(s): 553, figs 38-40. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Kirkia gibbonsi Connolly, 1925) Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105-220, pl. 4-8. Cape Town. [March].
page(s): 138 [details]
original description (of Kirkia flavescens Pollonera, 1909) Pollonera, C. (1909). Molluschi, Stylommatophora. Il Ruwenzori. Parte scientifica. Risultati delle osservazioni e studi compiuti sul materiale raccolto dalla spedizione. Vol. 1, 181-205.
page(s): 192 [details]
original description (of Urocyclus flavescens var. pallida J. S. Gibbons, 1879) Gibbons, J. S. (1879). Descriptions of two new species of land shells, and remarks on others collected on the East African Coast. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 2: 138-145., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31584855
page(s): 139 [details]
basis of record Herbert, D. & Kilburn, D. (2004). Field guide to the land snails and slugs of eastern South Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Natal Museum. [v] + 336 pp.
page(s): 291 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Van Goethem, J. L. (1977). Révision systématique des Urocyclinae (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Urocylidae). <em>Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences Zoologiques.</em> 218: XI + 355 pp., 720 figg., pl. 1-4. Tervuren.
page(s): 215 [details]
additional source Muratov, I.V. (2010). Terrestrial molluscs of Cabo Delgado and adjacent inland areas of north-eastern Mozambique. <em>African Invertebrates.</em> 51(2): 255–288.
page(s): 283 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Nel, N.E. (1984). The ontogeny of the genital system of Elisolimax flavescens (Keferstein) (Pulmontata, Urocyclidae). <em>Annale Universiteit van Stellenbosch, Serie A2 (Soölogie), 4(1): 1–30.</em> [details]
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