MolluscaBase taxon details
Ashmunella mearnsii (Dall, 1895)
1352234 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1352234)
accepted
Species
Ashmunella hebardi Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1923 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polygyra mearnsii Dall, 1895 · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Polygyra mearnsii Dall, 1895) Dall, W. H. (1896). Diagnoses of new mollusks from the survey of the Mexican boundary. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 18 (1033): 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7733106
page(s): 2 [details]
page(s): 2 [details]
Type locality contained in USA
type locality contained in USA (origin: native) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Edgar Alexander Mearns [M.D.] (1856-1916).
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Edgar Alexander Mearns [M.D.] (1856-1916). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ashmunella mearnsii (Dall, 1895). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1352234 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Polygyra mearnsii Dall, 1895) Dall, W. H. (1896). Diagnoses of new mollusks from the survey of the Mexican boundary. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 18 (1033): 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7733106
page(s): 2 [details]
original description (of Ashmunella hebardi Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1923) Pilsbry, H. A. & Vanatta, E. G. (1923). <i>Ashmunella hebardi</i>, a new snail from the Hacheta Grande Mountains, New Mexico. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 36(4): 119-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8279921
page(s): 119 [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 Emberton, K. C. (1995). When shells do not tell: 145 million years of evolution in North America's polygyrid land snails, with a revision and conservation priorities. <em>Malacologia.</em> 37(1): 69-110. Ann Arbor., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13113494
page(s): 88 [details]
page(s): 2 [details]
original description (of Ashmunella hebardi Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1923) Pilsbry, H. A. & Vanatta, E. G. (1923). <i>Ashmunella hebardi</i>, a new snail from the Hacheta Grande Mountains, New Mexico. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 36(4): 119-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8279921
page(s): 119 [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 Emberton, K. C. (1995). When shells do not tell: 145 million years of evolution in North America's polygyrid land snails, with a revision and conservation priorities. <em>Malacologia.</em> 37(1): 69-110. Ann Arbor., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13113494
page(s): 88 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Edgar Alexander Mearns [M.D.] (1856-1916). [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection (holotype of Ashmunella hebardi. Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1923. Nautilus 36 (4): 119-120, not figured - catalog no. 131409) (from synonym Ashmunella hebardi Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1923)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
