MolluscaBase taxon details
Linisa polita (Pilsbry & Hinkley, 1907)
1065416 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1065416)
accepted
Species
Polygyra (Linisa) polita Pilsbry & Hinkley, 1907 · alternative representation
Polygyra polita Pilsbry & Hinkley, 1907 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Polygyra scintilla Pilsbry & Hubricht, 1956 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
recent only
(of Polygyra polita Pilsbry & Hinkley, 1907) Pilsbry, H. A. & Hinkley, A. A. (1907). New land and fresh-water shells from Mexico. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 21(4): 38-39, pl. 5, figs. 11-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3665986
page(s): 38, pl. 5, fig. 11 [details]
page(s): 38, pl. 5, fig. 11 [details]
Type locality contained in Mexico
type locality contained in Mexico (origin: native) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Linisa polita (Pilsbry & Hinkley, 1907). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1065416 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Polygyra polita Pilsbry & Hinkley, 1907) Pilsbry, H. A. & Hinkley, A. A. (1907). New land and fresh-water shells from Mexico. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 21(4): 38-39, pl. 5, figs. 11-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3665986
page(s): 38, pl. 5, fig. 11 [details]
original description (of Polygyra scintilla Pilsbry & Hubricht, 1956) Pilsbry, H. A. & Hubricht, L. (1956). Beach drift Polygyridae from southern Texas. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 69(3): 93-96, pl. 5, figs. 1-3a., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525260
page(s): 94-95, pl. 5, figs. 3-3a [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 Emberton, K. C. (1995). When shells do not tell: 145 million years of evolution in North America's polygyrid land snails, with a revision and conservation priorities. <em>Malacologia.</em> 37(1): 69-110. Ann Arbor., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13113494
page(s): 90 [details]
page(s): 38, pl. 5, fig. 11 [details]
original description (of Polygyra scintilla Pilsbry & Hubricht, 1956) Pilsbry, H. A. & Hubricht, L. (1956). Beach drift Polygyridae from southern Texas. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 69(3): 93-96, pl. 5, figs. 1-3a., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525260
page(s): 94-95, pl. 5, figs. 3-3a [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
[request]additional source Emberton, K. C. (1995). When shells do not tell: 145 million years of evolution in North America's polygyrid land snails, with a revision and conservation priorities. <em>Malacologia.</em> 37(1): 69-110. Ann Arbor., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13113494
page(s): 90 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Polygyra scintilla. Pilsbry & Hubricht, 1956. Nautilus 69 (3): 94-96, pl. 5, figs. 3, 3a - catalog no. 196560) (from synonym Polygyra scintilla Pilsbry & Hubricht, 1956)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Polygyra polita. Pilsbry & Hinkley, 1907. Nautilus 21 (4): 38, pl. 5, fig. 11 - catalog no. 96597) (from synonym Polygyra polita Pilsbry & Hinkley, 1907)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Polygyra polita. Pilsbry & Hinkley, 1907. Nautilus 21 (4): 38, pl. 5, fig. 11 - catalog no. 96597) (from synonym Polygyra polita Pilsbry & Hinkley, 1907)
