MolluscaBase - Helix lithophaga Conrad, 1852

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Helix lithophaga Conrad, 1852

AphiaID

1264618 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1264618)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted name

Levantina lithophaga (Conrad, 1852) accepted as Levantina spiriplana spiriplana (Olivier, 1801)

Rank

Species

Parent

Helix Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Helix lithophaga Conrad, 1852

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

Conrad, T. A. (1852). Recent Shells. 228–229, figures. In: Lynch, W.F. (Ed.) Official Report of the US Expeditions to Explore the Dead Sea and the River Jordan. National Observatory, printed by John Murphy & Co., Baltimore.
page(s): 228, pl. 22, fig. 128 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Israel

type locality contained in Israel [details]

, Note Wady en-Nar, below Deir Mar Saba

Type locality Wady en-Nar, below Deir Mar Saba [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helix lithophaga Conrad, 1852. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1264618 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-07-15 17:41:29Z

created

Neubert, Eike

Licensing

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original description Conrad, T. A. (1852). Recent Shells. 228–229, figures. In: Lynch, W.F. (Ed.) Official Report of the US Expeditions to Explore the Dead Sea and the River Jordan. National Observatory, printed by John Murphy & Co., Baltimore.
page(s): 228, pl. 22, fig. 128 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Type locality Wady en-Nar, below Deir Mar Saba [details]