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Galba alaskensis F. C. Baker, 1911
1351965 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1351965)
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Species
Limnaea scalaris Westerlund, 1883 · unaccepted (unavailable: a junior homonym of...)
unavailable: a junior homonym of Limnaea scalaris Sowerby, 1872
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Baker, F. C. (1911). The Lymnaeidae of North and Middle America, recent and fossil. <em>The Chicago Academy of Sciences, special publication.</em> 3: 1-539., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18164581
page(s): 455, pl. 46, figs. 14-15 [details]
page(s): 455, pl. 46, figs. 14-15 [details]
Note USA, Alaska, Port Clarence
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Type locality USA, Alaska, Port Clarence [details]
Taxonomic remark Judging from the image of the type specimens, this species cannot be classified as a member of Galba. Possibly, it is...
Taxonomic remark Judging from the image of the type specimens, this species cannot be classified as a member of Galba. Possibly, it is identical to Dallirhytis atkaensis (Dall, 1884), being its junior synonym. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Galba alaskensis F. C. Baker, 1911. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1351965 on 2025-09-12
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original description
Baker, F. C. (1911). The Lymnaeidae of North and Middle America, recent and fossil. <em>The Chicago Academy of Sciences, special publication.</em> 3: 1-539., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18164581
page(s): 455, pl. 46, figs. 14-15 [details]
original description (of Limnaea scalaris Westerlund, 1883) Westerlund, C. A. (1883). Malakologische Miscellen II. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 15 (11/12): 164-174. Frankfurt am Main [November/December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31121809
page(s): 165 [details]
basis of record InvertEBase. (2018). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase (InvertEBase.org) project. [details]
status source Hubendick, B. (1951). Recent Lymnaeidae. Their variation, morphology, taxonomy, nomenclature and distribution. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar. Fjärde Serien.</em> 3(1): 1–223. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 455, pl. 46, figs. 14-15 [details]
original description (of Limnaea scalaris Westerlund, 1883) Westerlund, C. A. (1883). Malakologische Miscellen II. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 15 (11/12): 164-174. Frankfurt am Main [November/December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31121809
page(s): 165 [details]
basis of record InvertEBase. (2018). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase (InvertEBase.org) project. [details]
status source Hubendick, B. (1951). Recent Lymnaeidae. Their variation, morphology, taxonomy, nomenclature and distribution. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar. Fjärde Serien.</em> 3(1): 1–223. [details] Available for editors

From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Judging from the image of the type specimens, this species cannot be classified as a member of Galba. Possibly, it is identical to Dallirhytis atkaensis (Dall, 1884), being its junior synonym. [details]Type locality USA, Alaska, Port Clarence [details]