MolluscaBase - Placostylus scottii (J. C. Cox, 1873)

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Placostylus scottii (J. C. Cox, 1873)

AphiaID

1312423 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1312423)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Eumecostylus scottii (J. C. Cox, 1873)

Rank

Species

Parent

Placostylus H. Beck, 1837

Original name

Bulimus (Eumecostylus) scottii J. C. Cox, 1873

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Variety Placostylus scottii var. mendanae Kobelt, 1891 accepted as Placocharis stutchburyi (L. Pfeiffer, 1860) accepted as Eumecostylus stutchburyi (L. Pfeiffer, 1860) (junior synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Bulimus (Eumecostylus) scottii J. C. Cox, 1873) Cox, J. C. (1873). Descriptions of new land-shells from Australia and the Solomon Islands. <em>Poceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1873: 146-152., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504349
page(s): 152 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Placostylus scottii (J. C. Cox, 1873). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1312423 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-12-01 02:37:16Z

created

Köhler, Frank

2022-12-14 07:25:09Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

original description (of Bulimus (Eumecostylus) scottii J. C. Cox, 1873) Cox, J. C. (1873). Descriptions of new land-shells from Australia and the Solomon Islands. <em>Poceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1873: 146-152., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28504349
page(s): 152 [details]