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Truncatellina sykesii (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893)
1058597 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1058597)
accepted
Species
Pupa pentheri Sturany, 1898 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pupa sykesii Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pupa sykesii var. inconspicua Burnup, 1908 · unaccepted
(of Pupa sykesii Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1893). Descriptions of thirteen new species of terrestrial Mollusca from South Africa. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 11 (61): 19-24, pl. 3. London. [1 January]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27734267
page(s): 21, pl. 3, fig. 6 [details]
page(s): 21, pl. 3, fig. 6 [details]
Type locality contained in Eastern Cape Province
type locality contained in Eastern Cape Province [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Truncatellina sykesii (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1058597 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Pupa sykesii Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1893). Descriptions of thirteen new species of terrestrial Mollusca from South Africa. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 11 (61): 19-24, pl. 3. London. [1 January]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27734267
page(s): 21, pl. 3, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Pupa pentheri Sturany, 1898) Sturany, R. (1898). Catalog der bisher bekannt gewordenen Südafrikanischen Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des von Dr Penther gesammelten Materiales. Wien: Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei in Commission bei C. Gerold, pp. 1–106. [Also published in. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen 67: 537–642].</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12907299
page(s): 70 [details]
original description (of Pupa sykesii var. inconspicua Burnup, 1908) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1908). A survey of the species and varieties of Pupa, DRAPARNAUD (Jaminia, RISSO), occurring in South Africa. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 1 (1): 70-86, pl. 1-2. London. [1 January]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295769
page(s): 81 [details]
additional source 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): 112 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 406 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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): 165 [details]
additional source Bruggen, A. C. van. (1985). The terrestrial molluscs of Lesotho (southern Africa), a first contribution, with detailed notes on <i>Archachatina machachensis</i> (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series C.</em> 88(3): 267–296.
page(s): 270 [details]
additional source Adam, W. (1954). Études sur les mollusques de l'Afrique centrale et des regions voisines 1. Vertiginidae et Valloniidae. <em>Volume Jubilaire Victor Van Straelen. Tome II. Institut Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 725–817.</em>
page(s): 737 [details]
page(s): 21, pl. 3, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Pupa pentheri Sturany, 1898) Sturany, R. (1898). Catalog der bisher bekannt gewordenen Südafrikanischen Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des von Dr Penther gesammelten Materiales. Wien: Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei in Commission bei C. Gerold, pp. 1–106. [Also published in. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen 67: 537–642].</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12907299
page(s): 70 [details]
original description (of Pupa sykesii var. inconspicua Burnup, 1908) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1908). A survey of the species and varieties of Pupa, DRAPARNAUD (Jaminia, RISSO), occurring in South Africa. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 1 (1): 70-86, pl. 1-2. London. [1 January]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295769
page(s): 81 [details]
additional source 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): 112 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 406 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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): 165 [details]
additional source Bruggen, A. C. van. (1985). The terrestrial molluscs of Lesotho (southern Africa), a first contribution, with detailed notes on <i>Archachatina machachensis</i> (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series C.</em> 88(3): 267–296.
page(s): 270 [details]
additional source Adam, W. (1954). Études sur les mollusques de l'Afrique centrale et des regions voisines 1. Vertiginidae et Valloniidae. <em>Volume Jubilaire Victor Van Straelen. Tome II. Institut Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 725–817.</em>
page(s): 737 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Sykes's whorl snail | [details] |
