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Bulimus achilles L. Pfeiffer, 1853
1309045 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1309045)
unaccepted (junior synonymy)
Species
Bulimus Scopoli, 1777 accepted as Bithynia Leach, 1818
- Subspecies Bulimus achilles nehringi E. von Martens, 1889 accepted as Thaumastus nehringi (E. von Martens, 1889) (original combination)
Pfeiffer, L. (1853). <i>Monographia heliceorum viventium. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium huius familiae generum et specierum hodie cognitarum</i>. Volumen tertium [Vol. 3]. Lipsiae: Brockhaus. i-viii + 711 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11646394
page(s): 378 [details]
page(s): 378 [details]
Lectotype NHMUK 1975268
, Note Brazil, ‘‘in ripis fluvii Amazonum’’
Lectotype NHMUK 1975268 [details]
Type locality Brazil, ‘‘in ripis fluvii Amazonum’’ [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Bulimus achilles L. Pfeiffer, 1853. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1309045 on 2025-09-11
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Pfeiffer, L. (1853). <i>Monographia heliceorum viventium. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium huius familiae generum et specierum hodie cognitarum</i>. Volumen tertium [Vol. 3]. Lipsiae: Brockhaus. i-viii + 711 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11646394
page(s): 378 [details]
additional source Pfeiffer, L. (1854). Descriptions of fourteen new species of land shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 20 (246) [“1852”]: 135–138. London [27 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680763
page(s): 137 [details]
subsequent type designation Breure, A. S. H. & Ablett, J. D. (2015). Annotated type catalogue of the Megaspiridae, Orthalicidae, and Simpulopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 470: 17-143., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.470.8548
page(s): 21 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 378 [details]
additional source Pfeiffer, L. (1854). Descriptions of fourteen new species of land shells, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 20 (246) [“1852”]: 135–138. London [27 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680763
page(s): 137 [details]
subsequent type designation Breure, A. S. H. & Ablett, J. D. (2015). Annotated type catalogue of the Megaspiridae, Orthalicidae, and Simpulopsidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 470: 17-143., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.470.8548
page(s): 21 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype NHMUK 1975268 [details]
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Type locality Brazil, ‘‘in ripis fluvii Amazonum’’ [details]
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