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Phaulocystis petrobia (W. H. Benson, 1851)
1263956 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1263956)
accepted
Species
Helix petrobia W. H. Benson, 1851 · unaccepted (original combination)
Trachycystis (Phaulocystis) petrobia (W. H. Benson, 1851) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Trachycystis petrobia (W. H. Benson, 1851) · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Helix petrobia W. H. Benson, 1851) Benson, W. H. (1851). Descriptions of five new species of <i>Helix</i> from the Cape of Good Hope, with remarks on the known South-African species and a notice of several Cape limaces. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 7: 103–107., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13787689
page(s): 105 [details]
page(s): 105 [details]
Type locality contained in South Africa (country)
type locality contained in South Africa (country) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Phaulocystis petrobia (W. H. Benson, 1851). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1263956 on 2025-09-11
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(of Helix petrobia W. H. Benson, 1851) Benson, W. H. (1851). Descriptions of five new species of <i>Helix</i> from the Cape of Good Hope, with remarks on the known South-African species and a notice of several Cape limaces. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 7: 103–107., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13787689
page(s): 105 [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): 141; note: type specimens not found [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 105 [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): 141; note: type specimens not found [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
