MolluscaBase taxon details
Rabdotus alternatus (Say, 1830)
1065163 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1065163)
accepted
Species
Bulimulus alternatus Say, 1830 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bulimulus alternatus hesperius Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimulus schiedanus [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Bulimulus schiedeanus (L. Pfeiffer, 1841) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus lactarius Menke, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus patriarcha W. G. Binney, 1858 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus schiedeanus L. Pfeiffer, 1841 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rabdotus (Rabdotus) alternatus (Say, 1830) · alternative representation
Rhabdotus alternatus [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
- Subspecies Rabdotus alternatus alternatus (Say, 1830)
- Subspecies Rabdotus alternatus mariae (Albers, 1850)
recent only
(of Bulimulus alternatus Say, 1830) Say, T. (1830). New terrestrial and fluviatile shells of North America. <em>The Disseminator of Useful Knowledge.</em> (2) 1(27): no pagination. [Not seen. Entry based on Sherborn's Index Animalium].
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rabdotus alternatus (Say, 1830). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1065163 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Bulimulus alternatus Say, 1830) Say, T. (1830). New terrestrial and fluviatile shells of North America. <em>The Disseminator of Useful Knowledge.</em> (2) 1(27): no pagination. [Not seen. Entry based on Sherborn's Index Animalium].
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original description (of Bulimus lactarius Menke, 1846) Pfeiffer, L. (1846). Symbolae ad historiam Heliceorum. Sectio tertia. 1–100. Cassellis: Th. Fischer [< 26 August]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12254325
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Bulimus schiedeanus L. Pfeiffer, 1841) Pfeiffer, L. (1841). <i>Symbolae ad historiam Heliceorum</i>. Sectio prima [vol. 1]. Kassel: Th. Fischer. 88 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12254132
page(s): 43 [details]
original description (of Bulimus patriarcha W. G. Binney, 1858) Binney, W. G. (1858). Notes on American land shells. No. 3. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 10: 114-116., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47535707
page(s): 116 [details]
original description (of Bulimulus alternatus hesperius Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1925) Ferriss, J. H. (1924). On the Rio Grande. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 38(2): 37-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525018
page(s): 40 [details]
basis of record Thompson, F. G. (2011). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the land and freshwater snails of México and Central America. <em>Florida Museum of Natural History Bulletin.</em> 50(1): 1-299. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Polaco, O. J. & Mendl, W. (1988). Occurrence of mites in Mexican land snails. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 102(3): 129., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8276961 [details]
page(s): no page number [details]
original description (of Bulimus lactarius Menke, 1846) Pfeiffer, L. (1846). Symbolae ad historiam Heliceorum. Sectio tertia. 1–100. Cassellis: Th. Fischer [< 26 August]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12254325
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Bulimus schiedeanus L. Pfeiffer, 1841) Pfeiffer, L. (1841). <i>Symbolae ad historiam Heliceorum</i>. Sectio prima [vol. 1]. Kassel: Th. Fischer. 88 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12254132
page(s): 43 [details]
original description (of Bulimus patriarcha W. G. Binney, 1858) Binney, W. G. (1858). Notes on American land shells. No. 3. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 10: 114-116., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47535707
page(s): 116 [details]
original description (of Bulimulus alternatus hesperius Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1925) Ferriss, J. H. (1924). On the Rio Grande. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 38(2): 37-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525018
page(s): 40 [details]
basis of record Thompson, F. G. (2011). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the land and freshwater snails of México and Central America. <em>Florida Museum of Natural History Bulletin.</em> 50(1): 1-299. [details] Available for editors

additional source Polaco, O. J. & Mendl, W. (1988). Occurrence of mites in Mexican land snails. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 102(3): 129., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8276961 [details]
To NHMUK collection (Bulimus schiedeanus Pfeiffer, 1841; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:3506943) (from synonym Bulimus schiedeanus L. Pfeiffer, 1841)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym