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Orthalicus zebra (O. F. Müller, 1774)
1299482 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1299482)
accepted
Species
Ampulla quagga Roding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Buccinum zebra O. F. Müller, 1774 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bulimus maracaibensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus zebra (O. F. Müller, 1774) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bulla zebra Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Helix rallus Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orthalicus gruneri (Strebel, 1909) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orthalicus maracaibensis L. Pfeiffer, 1856 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Oxystyla maracaibensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Zebra gruneri Strebel, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Zebra maracaibensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Zebra maracaibensis jamaicensis Strebel, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
(of Buccinum zebra O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. vol 2. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Mölleriana. I-XXXVI, 1-214 pp, 10 unnumbered pages. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715
page(s): 138 [details]
page(s): 138 [details]
Lectotype (of Buccinum zebra O. F. Müller, 1774) NHMD...
Lectotype (of Buccinum zebra O. F. Müller, 1774) NHMD 873804 [details]
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original description
(of Buccinum zebra O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. vol 2. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Mölleriana. I-XXXVI, 1-214 pp, 10 unnumbered pages. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715
page(s): 138 [details]
original description (of Zebra gruneri Strebel, 1909) Strebel, H. (1909). Revision der Unterfamilie der Orthalicinen. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 26 (Beiheft 2): 191 pp, 23 pl., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32474911
page(s): 63, pl. 16 figs 252-253 [details]
original description (of Orthalicus maracaibensis L. Pfeiffer, 1856) Pfeiffer, L. (1856). Zur Gattung <i>Orthalicus</i> Beck. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 3(5): 186-187 (October)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15865153 [details]
original description (of Zebra maracaibensis jamaicensis Strebel, 1909) Strebel, H. (1909). Revision der Unterfamilie der Orthalicinen. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 26 (Beiheft 2): 191 pp, 23 pl., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32474911
page(s): 90, pl. 20, figs. 314-315, 319-320, 322-326 [details]
original description (of Bulla zebra Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3431, sp. No. 31 [details]
original description (of Helix rallus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 107, no. 1369 [details]
original description (of Ampulla quagga Roding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 111, sp. no. 1421 [details]
additional source Lee, H. G. & Diekmann, B. (2021). Does the giant African snail need protection? - Nomenclatorially, that is . <em>Shell-O-Gram.</em> 62(3):3-8, Jacksonville Shell Club, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Thompson, F. G. (2011). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the land and freshwater snails of México and Central America. <em>Florida Museum of Natural History Bulletin.</em> 50(1): 1-299.
page(s): 103 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Crosse, H. (1890). Faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile de l'Ile de la Trinité (Antilles). <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 38: 35-65, pl. 2. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15928526#page/41/
page(s): 41 [details]
source of synonymy Pilsbry, H. A. (1894). On the <i>Orthalicus</i> of Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 8(4): 37-39, 1 text-figure., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044633
page(s): 38-39 [details]
status source Breure, A. S. H., Ablett, J. D., González Guillén, A. & Lee, H. G. (2021). The rediscovery of Müller's type material: resolution of the status of <i>Buccinum zebra</i> O.F. Müller, 1744, with additional notes on <i>Buccinum fasciatum</i> O.F. Müller, 1774 and <i>Helix exilis</i> O.F. Müller, 1774 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicidae, Ariophantidae). <em>Basteria.</em> 85(2): 109-115.
page(s): 110-111 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 138 [details]
original description (of Zebra gruneri Strebel, 1909) Strebel, H. (1909). Revision der Unterfamilie der Orthalicinen. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 26 (Beiheft 2): 191 pp, 23 pl., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32474911
page(s): 63, pl. 16 figs 252-253 [details]
original description (of Orthalicus maracaibensis L. Pfeiffer, 1856) Pfeiffer, L. (1856). Zur Gattung <i>Orthalicus</i> Beck. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 3(5): 186-187 (October)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15865153 [details]
original description (of Zebra maracaibensis jamaicensis Strebel, 1909) Strebel, H. (1909). Revision der Unterfamilie der Orthalicinen. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 26 (Beiheft 2): 191 pp, 23 pl., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32474911
page(s): 90, pl. 20, figs. 314-315, 319-320, 322-326 [details]
original description (of Bulla zebra Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3431, sp. No. 31 [details]
original description (of Helix rallus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 107, no. 1369 [details]
original description (of Ampulla quagga Roding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 111, sp. no. 1421 [details]
additional source Lee, H. G. & Diekmann, B. (2021). Does the giant African snail need protection? - Nomenclatorially, that is . <em>Shell-O-Gram.</em> 62(3):3-8, Jacksonville Shell Club, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida. [details] Available for editors

additional source Thompson, F. G. (2011). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the land and freshwater snails of México and Central America. <em>Florida Museum of Natural History Bulletin.</em> 50(1): 1-299.
page(s): 103 [details] Available for editors

additional source Crosse, H. (1890). Faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile de l'Ile de la Trinité (Antilles). <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 38: 35-65, pl. 2. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15928526#page/41/
page(s): 41 [details]
source of synonymy Pilsbry, H. A. (1894). On the <i>Orthalicus</i> of Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 8(4): 37-39, 1 text-figure., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43044633
page(s): 38-39 [details]
status source Breure, A. S. H., Ablett, J. D., González Guillén, A. & Lee, H. G. (2021). The rediscovery of Müller's type material: resolution of the status of <i>Buccinum zebra</i> O.F. Müller, 1744, with additional notes on <i>Buccinum fasciatum</i> O.F. Müller, 1774 and <i>Helix exilis</i> O.F. Müller, 1774 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicidae, Ariophantidae). <em>Basteria.</em> 85(2): 109-115.
page(s): 110-111 [details] Available for editors





Lectotype (of Buccinum zebra O. F. Müller, 1774) NHMD 873804 [details]