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Placostylus caledonicus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1845)
1339801 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1339801)
accepted
Species
Bulimus annibal Souverbie, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus caledonicus Petit de la Saussaye, 1845 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bulimus caledonicus var. edentula Brazier, 1881 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus edwardsianus [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Bulimus edwarsianus Gassies, 1863 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus fibratus var. umbilicata L. Pfeiffer, 1877 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus fibratus var. umbilicata Crosse, 1864 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus gaudryanus Gassies, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus pseudocaledonicus var. chrysochila (Crosse, 1895) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Placostylus annibal (Souverbie, 1869) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Placostylus annibal var. chrysochila Crosse, 1895 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Placostylus caledonicus var. auriculata Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Placostylus pseudocaledonicus var. incerta Crosse, 1895 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Placostylus saxtoni Kobelt, 1891 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Placostylus scarabus verdis Pain, 1955 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Variety Placostylus caledonicus var. auriculata Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923 accepted as Placostylus caledonicus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1845) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
(of Bulimus caledonicus Petit de la Saussaye, 1845) Petit de la Saussaye, M. (1845). Nouvelle espèce de Bulime. Revue Zoologique par la Societé Cuvierienne, 8: 53-54., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2327245 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Placostylus caledonicus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1845). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1339801 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Bulimus caledonicus Petit de la Saussaye, 1845) Petit de la Saussaye, M. (1845). Nouvelle espèce de Bulime. Revue Zoologique par la Societé Cuvierienne, 8: 53-54., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2327245 [details]
original description (of Bulimus annibal Souverbie, 1869) Souverbie, S. M. (1869). Diagnoses de mollusques inédits provenant de la Nouvelle Calédonie. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 17(4): 416-421., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15662630
page(s): 426-417 [details]
original description (of Bulimus gaudryanus Gassies, 1878) Gassies, J. B. (1878). Diagnoses d'espèces inédites, provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 26: 330–347., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16016144
page(s): 335-337 [details]
original description (of Bulimus caledonicus var. edentula Brazier, 1881) Brazier, J. (1881). Notes on a new variety of <i>Bulimus caledonicus</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 5(2): 190-191., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6455855 [details]
original description (of Placostylus saxtoni Kobelt, 1891) Kobelt, W. (1890-1891). Die Gattung <i>Placostylus</i> Beck. (Bulimus. Neue Folge). <em>In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Ersten Bandes dreizehnte Abtheilung A.</em> 1-142, pls 1-32. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe (publication dates: 1-72, pls 1-18 [1890]; 73-142, pls 19-32 [1891])., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34334069
page(s): 97, pl. 23, figs 5-6 [details]
original description (of Placostylus annibal var. chrysochila Crosse, 1895) Crosse, H. (1895 ["1894"]). Faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 42(3): 161-332 [23 October 1895], 333-475, pls 7-10 [14 December 1895]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15929126
page(s): 285 [details]
original description (of Placostylus pseudocaledonicus var. incerta Crosse, 1895) Crosse, H. (1895 ["1894"]). Faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 42(3): 161-332 [23 October 1895], 333-475, pls 7-10 [14 December 1895]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15929126
page(s): 281; note: Based on Placostylus pseudocaledonicus var. ? Kobelt (1891: 26, pl. 6, figs. 3-4) [details]
original description (of Placostylus caledonicus var. auriculata Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923) Dautzenberg, Ph. (1923). Mollusques terrestres de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des îles Loyalty. <em>In: F. Sarasin & J. Roux, Nova Caledonia, Zoologie.</em> 3 (1): 135-156., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32896884
page(s): 148 [details]
original description (of Placostylus scarabus verdis Pain, 1955) Pain, T. (1955). Notes on some New Caledonian <i>Placostylus</i>. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 95(1): 11-19, 9 figs.
page(s): 14, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Bulimus edwarsianus Gassies, 1863) Gassies, J. B. (1863). Faune conchyliologique terrestre et fluvio-lacustre de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux.</em> 24: 211-330, pls. 1-8. [Offprint, pp. 1-126, 8 pls. Paris: Baillière.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34087614
page(s): 244-245, pl. 4, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Bulimus fibratus var. umbilicata Crosse, 1864) Crosse, H. (1864). Étude critique sur les bulimes auriculiformes de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des terres volsines. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 12: 105-151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16055217#page/113/
page(s): 114; note: As Bulimus fibratus var. θ umbilicata [details]
basis of record Neubert, E., Chérel-Mora, C. & Bouchet, P. (2009). Polytypy, clines, and fragmentation: The bulimes of New Caledonia revisited (Pulmonata, Orthalicoidea, Placostylidae). <i>In</i> P. Grancolas (ed.), Zoologia Neocaledonica 7. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 198: 37-131.
page(s): 104-109, figs 169-182, 192E [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Bulimus annibal Souverbie, 1869) Souverbie, S. M. (1869). Diagnoses de mollusques inédits provenant de la Nouvelle Calédonie. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 17(4): 416-421., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15662630
page(s): 426-417 [details]
original description (of Bulimus gaudryanus Gassies, 1878) Gassies, J. B. (1878). Diagnoses d'espèces inédites, provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 26: 330–347., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16016144
page(s): 335-337 [details]
original description (of Bulimus caledonicus var. edentula Brazier, 1881) Brazier, J. (1881). Notes on a new variety of <i>Bulimus caledonicus</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 5(2): 190-191., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6455855 [details]
original description (of Placostylus saxtoni Kobelt, 1891) Kobelt, W. (1890-1891). Die Gattung <i>Placostylus</i> Beck. (Bulimus. Neue Folge). <em>In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Ersten Bandes dreizehnte Abtheilung A.</em> 1-142, pls 1-32. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe (publication dates: 1-72, pls 1-18 [1890]; 73-142, pls 19-32 [1891])., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34334069
page(s): 97, pl. 23, figs 5-6 [details]
original description (of Placostylus annibal var. chrysochila Crosse, 1895) Crosse, H. (1895 ["1894"]). Faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 42(3): 161-332 [23 October 1895], 333-475, pls 7-10 [14 December 1895]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15929126
page(s): 285 [details]
original description (of Placostylus pseudocaledonicus var. incerta Crosse, 1895) Crosse, H. (1895 ["1894"]). Faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 42(3): 161-332 [23 October 1895], 333-475, pls 7-10 [14 December 1895]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15929126
page(s): 281; note: Based on Placostylus pseudocaledonicus var. ? Kobelt (1891: 26, pl. 6, figs. 3-4) [details]
original description (of Placostylus caledonicus var. auriculata Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923) Dautzenberg, Ph. (1923). Mollusques terrestres de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des îles Loyalty. <em>In: F. Sarasin & J. Roux, Nova Caledonia, Zoologie.</em> 3 (1): 135-156., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32896884
page(s): 148 [details]
original description (of Placostylus scarabus verdis Pain, 1955) Pain, T. (1955). Notes on some New Caledonian <i>Placostylus</i>. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 95(1): 11-19, 9 figs.
page(s): 14, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Bulimus edwarsianus Gassies, 1863) Gassies, J. B. (1863). Faune conchyliologique terrestre et fluvio-lacustre de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux.</em> 24: 211-330, pls. 1-8. [Offprint, pp. 1-126, 8 pls. Paris: Baillière.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34087614
page(s): 244-245, pl. 4, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Bulimus fibratus var. umbilicata Crosse, 1864) Crosse, H. (1864). Étude critique sur les bulimes auriculiformes de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des terres volsines. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 12: 105-151., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16055217#page/113/
page(s): 114; note: As Bulimus fibratus var. θ umbilicata [details]
basis of record Neubert, E., Chérel-Mora, C. & Bouchet, P. (2009). Polytypy, clines, and fragmentation: The bulimes of New Caledonia revisited (Pulmonata, Orthalicoidea, Placostylidae). <i>In</i> P. Grancolas (ed.), Zoologia Neocaledonica 7. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 198: 37-131.
page(s): 104-109, figs 169-182, 192E [details] Available for editors





To GB Mollusca Types (Bulimus gaudryanus Gassies, 1879; Holotype; NMW.Z.1981.118.01157) (from synonym Bulimus gaudryanus Gassies, 1878)
To GB Mollusca Types (Placostylus scarabus subsp. verdis Pain, 1955; Holotype; NMW.Z.1981.118.00223) (from synonym Placostylus scarabus verdis Pain, 1955)
To NHMUK collection (Bulimus edwardsianus Gassies, 1863; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2284276) (from synonym Bulimus edwardsianus [sic])
To GB Mollusca Types (Placostylus scarabus subsp. verdis Pain, 1955; Holotype; NMW.Z.1981.118.00223) (from synonym Placostylus scarabus verdis Pain, 1955)
To NHMUK collection (Bulimus edwardsianus Gassies, 1863; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2284276) (from synonym Bulimus edwardsianus [sic])