MolluscaBase taxon details
Lyrocystis prionacis (W. H. Benson, 1864)
1263851 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1263851)
accepted
Species
Helix (Pella) erateina Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix browningii W. H. Benson, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Helix prionacis W. H. Benson, 1864 · unaccepted (original combination)
Trachycystis (Lyrocystis) prionacis (W. H. Benson, 1864) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Trachycystis prionacis (W. H. Benson, 1864) · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Helix prionacis W. H. Benson, 1864) Benson, W. H. (1864). Descriptions of new species of <i>Helix</i> and <i>Pupa</i> from the colony of the Cape of Good Hope. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 13(78): 491–496., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26482775
page(s): 493 [details]
page(s): 493 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lyrocystis prionacis (W. H. Benson, 1864). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1263851 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Helix prionacis W. H. Benson, 1864) Benson, W. H. (1864). Descriptions of new species of <i>Helix</i> and <i>Pupa</i> from the colony of the Cape of Good Hope. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 13(78): 491–496., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26482775
page(s): 493 [details]
original description (of Helix browningii W. H. Benson, 1864) Benson, W. H. (1864). Descriptions of new species of <i>Helix</i> and <i>Pupa</i> from the colony of the Cape of Good Hope. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 13(78): 491–496., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26482775
page(s): 493 [details]
original description (of Helix (Pella) erateina Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1892). Descriptions of seventeen new terrestrial mollusks from South or Central Africa, in the collection of EDGAR L. LAYARD, Esq. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 9 (49): 87-94, pl. 4-6. London. [1 January]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15617730
page(s): 89 [details]
basis of record Preece, R. C., White, T. S., Raheem, D. C., Ketchum, H., Ablett, J., Taylor, H., Webb, K. & Naggs, F. (2022). William Benson and the golden age of malacology in British India: Biography, illustrated catalogue and evaluation of his molluscan types. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online at https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390
page(s): 140; note: type specimens not found [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 493 [details]
original description (of Helix browningii W. H. Benson, 1864) Benson, W. H. (1864). Descriptions of new species of <i>Helix</i> and <i>Pupa</i> from the colony of the Cape of Good Hope. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 13(78): 491–496., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26482775
page(s): 493 [details]
original description (of Helix (Pella) erateina Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1892). Descriptions of seventeen new terrestrial mollusks from South or Central Africa, in the collection of EDGAR L. LAYARD, Esq. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (6) 9 (49): 87-94, pl. 4-6. London. [1 January]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15617730
page(s): 89 [details]
basis of record Preece, R. C., White, T. S., Raheem, D. C., Ketchum, H., Ablett, J., Taylor, H., Webb, K. & Naggs, F. (2022). William Benson and the golden age of malacology in British India: Biography, illustrated catalogue and evaluation of his molluscan types. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online at https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390
page(s): 140; note: type specimens not found [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
