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Polytoxon robustum (Simroth, 1896)

1300812  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1300812)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Tectipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Eupulmonata (Superorder)
  9. Stylommatophora (Order)
  10. Helicina (Suborder)
  11. Limacoidei (Infraorder)
  12. Helicarionoidea (Superfamily)
  13. Urocyclidae (Family)
  14. Urocyclinae (Subfamily)
  15. Urocyclini (Tribe)
  16. Polytoxon (Genus)
  17. Polytoxon robustum (Species)
accepted
Species
Trichotoxon (Polytoxon) aurantiacum Simroth, 1897 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Trichotoxon (Polytoxon) copleyi Verdcourt, 1961 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Trichotoxon athrix Simroth, 1896 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trichotoxon aurantiacum Simroth, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trichotoxon neumanni Simroth, 1896 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trichotoxon robustum Simroth, 1896 · unaccepted (original combination)
Trichotoxon roccatii Pollonera, 1906 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trichotoxon volkensi Simroth, 1896 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Trichotoxon robustum Simroth, 1896) Simroth, H. (1896). Über bekannte und neue Urocycliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 19(3): 281-312., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26184410
page(s): 283, pl. 1, fig 23, pl. 2, figs 1-5 [details] 
Type locality contained in Tanzania  
type locality contained in Tanzania [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polytoxon robustum (Simroth, 1896). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1300812 on 2025-09-11
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original description (of Trichotoxon (Polytoxon) ruwenzoriense Pilsbry, 1919) Pilsbry, H. A. (1919). A review of the land mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 40: 1-370, pls I-XXIII.
page(s): 297, pl. VIII, fig. 8. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Trichotoxon (Polytoxon) pardus Pilsbry, 1919) Pilsbry, H. A. (1919). A review of the land mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 40: 1-370, pls I-XXIII.
page(s): 299, pl. VIII, fig. 10. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Trichotoxon neumanni Simroth, 1896) Simroth, H. (1896). Über bekannte und neue Urocycliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 19(3): 281-312., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26184410
page(s): 290, pl. 2, figs 6-8 [details] 

original description (of Trichotoxon athrix Simroth, 1896) Simroth, H. (1896). Über bekannte und neue Urocycliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 19(3): 281-312., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26184410
page(s): 292, pl. 2, fig. 9 [details] 

original description (of Trichotoxon volkensi Simroth, 1896) Simroth, H. (1896). Über bekannte und neue Urocycliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 19(3): 281-312., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26184410
page(s): 293, pl. 1, figs 21-22, pl. 2, fig. 19 [details] 

original description (of Trichotoxon roccatii Pollonera, 1906) Pollonera, C. (1906). Spedizione al Ruwenzori di S.A.R Luigi Amedeo de Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi. VII. Vaginulidae e Urocyclidae. <em>Bolletino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R. Università di Torino.</em> 21, 543: 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11678630
page(s): 4 [details] 

original description (of Trichotoxon (Polytoxon) copleyi copleyi Verdcourt, 1961) Verdcourt, B. & Polhill, R. (1961). East African slugs of the family Urocyclidae - Part 3 & 4. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society, 7: 1-36.
page(s): 19. [details] 

original description (of Trichotoxon (Polytoxon) copleyi maranguense Verdcourt, 1961) Verdcourt, B. & Polhill, R. (1961). East African slugs of the family Urocyclidae - Part 3 & 4. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society, 7: 1-36.
page(s): 22. [details] 

original description (of Trichotoxon (Polytoxon) copleyi reticulatum Verdcourt, 1961) Verdcourt, B. & Polhill, R. (1961). East African slugs of the family Urocyclidae - Part 3 & 4. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society, 7: 1-36.
page(s): 23. [details] 

original description (of Trichotoxon (Polytoxon) copleyi kulalense Verdcourt, 1961) Verdcourt, B. & Polhill, R. (1961). East African slugs of the family Urocyclidae - Part 3 & 4. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society, 7: 1-36.
page(s): 24. [details] 

original description (of Trichotoxon (Polytoxon) copleyi moloense Verdcourt, 1961) Verdcourt, B. & Polhill, R. (1961). East African slugs of the family Urocyclidae - Part 3 & 4. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society, 7: 1-36.
page(s): 27. [details] 

original description (of Trichotoxon (Polytoxon) kilimanjaricum Verdcourt, 1961) Verdcourt, B. & Polhill, R. (1961). East African slugs of the family Urocyclidae - Part 3 & 4. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society, 7: 1-36.
page(s): 27. [details] 

original description (of Trichotoxon robustum Simroth, 1896) Simroth, H. (1896). Über bekannte und neue Urocycliden. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 19(3): 281-312., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26184410
page(s): 283, pl. 1, fig 23, pl. 2, figs 1-5 [details] 

original description (of Trichotoxon (Polytoxon) aurantiacum Simroth, 1897) Simroth, H. (1897). Über verschiedene Nacktschnecken. Sitzungsberichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Leipzig, 22/23 [1895/1896]: 140-154. Leipzig [15 June]. [reprint: 3-17].
page(s): 149 [details] 

basis of record Van Goethem, J. L. (1977). Révision systématique des Urocyclinae (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Urocylidae). <em>Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences Zoologiques.</em> 218: XI + 355 pp., 720 figg., pl. 1-4. Tervuren.
page(s): 257 [details] 

additional source Rowson, B., Herbert, D.G. & Robertson, E.F. (2016). First reports of two terrestrial slugs (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata) from southern Africa. <em>Journal of Conchology 42(3): 11–15.</em>
page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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