MolluscaBase name details
Pupa dysorata Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893
1258428 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1258428)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Pupa Draparnaud, 1801 accepted as Pupilla J. Fleming, 1828
- Variety Pupa dysorata var. intradentata Burnup, 1908 accepted as Truncatellina pretoriensis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
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): 20, pl. 3, fig. 4. [details]
page(s): 20, pl. 3, fig. 4. [details]
Type locality contained in South Africa (country)
, Note Griqualand East [South Africa].
type locality contained in South Africa (country) [details]
Type locality Griqualand East [South Africa]. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pupa dysorata Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1258428 on 2025-09-11
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original description
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): 20, pl. 3, fig. 4. [details]
additional source 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): 73 [details]
redescription Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1893). Descriptions of twenty new species of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca from South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series. 6, 12: 103–112.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24343863
page(s): 111 [details]
page(s): 20, pl. 3, fig. 4. [details]
additional source 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): 73 [details]
redescription Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1893). Descriptions of twenty new species of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca from South Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series. 6, 12: 103–112.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24343863
page(s): 111 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Griqualand East [South Africa]. [details]
