MolluscaBase taxon details
Philomycus carolinianus (Bosc, 1802)
1352027 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1352027)
accepted
Species
Eumelus lividus Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eumelus nebulosus Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Limax carolinianus Bosc, 1802 · unaccepted (original combination)
Philomycus (Tebennophorus) carolinianus (Bosc, 1802) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Philomycus biseriatus Sterki, 1908 · unaccepted
Philomycus carolinensis [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling of original species...)
misspelling of original species name, Limax carolinianus Bosc, 1802
Philomycus quadrilus Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Tebennophorus carolinianus (Bosc, 1802) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
- Subspecies Philomycus carolinianus collinus Hubricht, 1951 accepted as Philomycus togatus (A. Gould, 1841) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
(of Limax carolinianus Bosc, 1802) Bosc, L.A.G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. <em>Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville.</em> 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41758184
page(s): 80, pl. 3, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 80, pl. 3, fig. 1 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Philomycus carolinianus (Bosc, 1802). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1352027 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Limax carolinianus Bosc, 1802) Bosc, L.A.G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers : contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. <em>Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville.</em> 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41758184
page(s): 80, pl. 3, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Philomycus quadrilus Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Annals of Nature or Annual synopsis of new genera and species of animals, plants, etc., discovered in North America. First annual number. 16 pp [Thomas Smith, Lexington].
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Eumelus nebulosus Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Annals of Nature or Annual synopsis of new genera and species of animals, plants, etc., discovered in North America. First annual number. 16 pp [Thomas Smith, Lexington].
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Eumelus lividus Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Annals of Nature or Annual synopsis of new genera and species of animals, plants, etc., discovered in North America. First annual number. 16 pp [Thomas Smith, Lexington].
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Philomycus biseriatus Sterki, 1908) Sterki, V. (1908). Some notes on <i>Philomycus</i>. <em>The Ohio Naturalist.</em> 8(4): 265-266., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2900493
page(s): 266 [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]
additional source Vanatta, E. G. (1903). Notes on some shells from North Carolina. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 16(9): 106. [details]
additional source Sterki, V. (1908). Some notes on <i>Philomycus</i>. <em>The Ohio Naturalist.</em> 8(4): 265-266., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2900493 [details]
additional source Johnson, C. W. (1900). Some notes on the land shells of western Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 13(12): 141-143., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42800047
page(s): 142 [details]
additional source Sterki, V. (1920). Some notes on <i>Philomycus</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 33(3): 80-83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1744589 [details]
additional source Ingram, W. M. (1949). Natural history observations on <i>Philomycus carolinianus</i> (Bosc). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 62(3): 86-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519631 [details]
additional source Hermann, P. W. & Dundee, S. D. (1969). Notes on a light-colored specimen of <i>Philomycus carolinianus</i> (Bosc). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 82(4): 135-137, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8517194 [details]
additional source Fairbanks, H. L. (1993). The reproductive anatomy of <i>Philomycus sellatus</i> Hubricht, 1972 and <i>Philomycus virginicus</i> Hubricht, 1953 (Gastropoda: Philomycidae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 107(1): 9-13, figs. 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8496913
page(s): figs. 10, 12 [details]
page(s): 80, pl. 3, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Philomycus quadrilus Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Annals of Nature or Annual synopsis of new genera and species of animals, plants, etc., discovered in North America. First annual number. 16 pp [Thomas Smith, Lexington].
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Eumelus nebulosus Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Annals of Nature or Annual synopsis of new genera and species of animals, plants, etc., discovered in North America. First annual number. 16 pp [Thomas Smith, Lexington].
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Eumelus lividus Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque, C. S. (1820). Annals of Nature or Annual synopsis of new genera and species of animals, plants, etc., discovered in North America. First annual number. 16 pp [Thomas Smith, Lexington].
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Philomycus biseriatus Sterki, 1908) Sterki, V. (1908). Some notes on <i>Philomycus</i>. <em>The Ohio Naturalist.</em> 8(4): 265-266., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2900493
page(s): 266 [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]
additional source Vanatta, E. G. (1903). Notes on some shells from North Carolina. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 16(9): 106. [details]
additional source Sterki, V. (1908). Some notes on <i>Philomycus</i>. <em>The Ohio Naturalist.</em> 8(4): 265-266., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2900493 [details]
additional source Johnson, C. W. (1900). Some notes on the land shells of western Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 13(12): 141-143., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42800047
page(s): 142 [details]
additional source Sterki, V. (1920). Some notes on <i>Philomycus</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 33(3): 80-83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1744589 [details]
additional source Ingram, W. M. (1949). Natural history observations on <i>Philomycus carolinianus</i> (Bosc). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 62(3): 86-90., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519631 [details]
additional source Hermann, P. W. & Dundee, S. D. (1969). Notes on a light-colored specimen of <i>Philomycus carolinianus</i> (Bosc). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 82(4): 135-137, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8517194 [details]
additional source Fairbanks, H. L. (1993). The reproductive anatomy of <i>Philomycus sellatus</i> Hubricht, 1972 and <i>Philomycus virginicus</i> Hubricht, 1953 (Gastropoda: Philomycidae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 107(1): 9-13, figs. 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8496913
page(s): figs. 10, 12 [details]
