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Lithidion lithidion (G. B. Sowerby I, 1843)
1246171 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1246171)
accepted
Species
Cyclostoma depressum G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Cyclostoma lithidion G. B. Sowerby I, 1843 · unaccepted (original combination)
Lithidion marmorosum Godwin-Austen, 1881 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lithidion sulcatum J. E. Gray, 1850 · unaccepted (substitute name for Cyclostoma...)
substitute name for Cyclostoma lithiodion G.B. Sowerby I, 1843.
(of Cyclostoma lithidion G. B. Sowerby I, 1843) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1843). Monograph of the genus <i>Cyclostoma</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (3): 89-156, pl. 23-31. London, privately published. [23 June]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076319
page(s): 111, pl. 31, fig. 262 [details]
page(s): 111, pl. 31, fig. 262 [details]
Type locality contained in Socotra
type locality contained in Socotra [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lithidion lithidion (G. B. Sowerby I, 1843). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1246171 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Cyclostoma lithidion G. B. Sowerby I, 1843) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1843). Monograph of the genus <i>Cyclostoma</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (3): 89-156, pl. 23-31. London, privately published. [23 June]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076319
page(s): 111, pl. 31, fig. 262 [details]
original description (of Lithidion sulcatum J. E. Gray, 1850) Gray, J. E. (1850). [Descriptions of taxa] In: [Baird, W. & Gray, J. E.], <i>Nomenclature of molluscous animals and shells in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Cyclophoridae</i>. British Museum, London. 69 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39306790
page(s): 35 [details]
original description (of Cyclostoma depressum G. B. Sowerby I, 1850) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1850). Descriptions of some additional species of <i>Cyclostoma</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (11): 157*–168*, pls 31A, 31B. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43937435
page(s): 161, pl. 31b, figs 306, 307. [details]
original description (of Lithidion marmorosum Godwin-Austen, 1881) Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1881). On the land-shells of the Island of Socotra collected by Prof. Bayley Balfour. Part I. Cyclostomaceae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 49 (2): 251-258, pls 27-28. London [August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759398
page(s): 256 [details]
additional source Neubert, E. (1998). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of the Arabian Peninsula with descriptions of new species. <em>Fauna of Arabia.</em> 17: 333-461.
page(s): 342, Figs 23-28 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Neubert, E. (2009). The continental malacofauna of Arabia and adjacent areas. VI. Pomatiidae of Arabia, Socotra and northeast Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Littorinoidea). Fauna of Arabia, 24: 47-127. Riyadh / Basel [10 May].
page(s): 86, Plate 13 a–c, Fig. 9 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 111, pl. 31, fig. 262 [details]
original description (of Lithidion sulcatum J. E. Gray, 1850) Gray, J. E. (1850). [Descriptions of taxa] In: [Baird, W. & Gray, J. E.], <i>Nomenclature of molluscous animals and shells in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Cyclophoridae</i>. British Museum, London. 69 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39306790
page(s): 35 [details]
original description (of Cyclostoma depressum G. B. Sowerby I, 1850) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1850). Descriptions of some additional species of <i>Cyclostoma</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (11): 157*–168*, pls 31A, 31B. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43937435
page(s): 161, pl. 31b, figs 306, 307. [details]
original description (of Lithidion marmorosum Godwin-Austen, 1881) Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1881). On the land-shells of the Island of Socotra collected by Prof. Bayley Balfour. Part I. Cyclostomaceae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 49 (2): 251-258, pls 27-28. London [August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759398
page(s): 256 [details]
additional source Neubert, E. (1998). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of the Arabian Peninsula with descriptions of new species. <em>Fauna of Arabia.</em> 17: 333-461.
page(s): 342, Figs 23-28 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Neubert, E. (2009). The continental malacofauna of Arabia and adjacent areas. VI. Pomatiidae of Arabia, Socotra and northeast Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Littorinoidea). Fauna of Arabia, 24: 47-127. Riyadh / Basel [10 May].
page(s): 86, Plate 13 a–c, Fig. 9 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Cyclostoma lithidion G. B. Sowerby I, 1843) NHMUK 1843.10.2.122 [details]
