MolluscaBase - Opisthophorus [sic]

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Opisthophorus [sic]

AphiaID

1337055 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1337055)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Accepted name

Opisthoporus W. H. Benson, 1851

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cyclotini L. Pfeiffer, 1853

Original name

Cyclostoma (Opisthoporus) W. H. Benson, 1851

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Species Opisthophorus dautzenbergi Sykes, 1902 accepted as Opisthoporus dautzenbergi Sykes, 1902 accepted as Cyclotus dautzenbergi (Sykes, 1902) (incorrect spelling of genus name)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Cyclostoma (Opisthoporus) W. H. Benson, 1851) Pfeiffer, L. (1851). Uebersicht der Gattung Pterocyclos Bens. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 8(1): 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300501 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Opisthophorus [sic]. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1337055 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-03-26 11:40:51Z

created

Páll-Gergely, Barna

2022-12-02 17:45:34Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

2022-12-12 20:02:47Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description (of Cyclostoma (Opisthoporus) W. H. Benson, 1851) Pfeiffer, L. (1851). Uebersicht der Gattung Pterocyclos Bens. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 8(1): 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300501 [details]