MolluscaBase taxon details
Ctenophila caldwelli (W. H. Benson, 1859)
1289406 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1289406)
accepted
Species
Ctenophila planorbina (Germain, 1918) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Erepta (Ctenophila) caldwelli (W. H. Benson, 1859) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Helix caldwelli W. H. Benson, 1859 · unaccepted (original combination)
Stylodon (Erepta) caldwelli (W. H. Benson, 1859) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tachyphasis (Tachyphasis) planorbina Germain, 1918 · unaccepted
Tachyphasis caldwelli (W. H. Benson, 1859) · unaccepted
Tachyphasis planorbina Germain, 1918 · unaccepted
(of Helix caldwelli W. H. Benson, 1859) Benson, W. H. (1859). Descriptions of several new land shells from Mauritius. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 3: 98–100., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2317717
page(s): 98-99 [details]
page(s): 98-99 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ctenophila caldwelli (Benson, 1859). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1289406 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Helix caldwelli W. H. Benson, 1859) Benson, W. H. (1859). Descriptions of several new land shells from Mauritius. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 3: 98–100., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2317717
page(s): 98-99 [details]
original description (of Tachyphasis planorbina Germain, 1918) Germain, L. (1918). Contributions à la Faune Malacologique de Madagascar. VI. Sur la classification de quelques mollusques pulmonés des iles Mascareignes et description d'espèces novelles de cet archipel. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 24: 516-524., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5037329#page/576/mode/1up
page(s): 523. [details]
basis of record Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
page(s): 115 [details]
additional source 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): 167, Fig. 74 F [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 98-99 [details]
original description (of Tachyphasis planorbina Germain, 1918) Germain, L. (1918). Contributions à la Faune Malacologique de Madagascar. VI. Sur la classification de quelques mollusques pulmonés des iles Mascareignes et description d'espèces novelles de cet archipel. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 24: 516-524., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5037329#page/576/mode/1up
page(s): 523. [details]
basis of record Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
page(s): 115 [details]
additional source 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): 167, Fig. 74 F [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To GB Mollusca Types (Helix caldwelli W.H. Benson, 1859; Syntype(s); UMZC I.104255.A-B) (from synonym Helix caldwelli W. H. Benson, 1859)
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