MolluscaBase taxon details
Spiraxis adamsianus L. Pfeiffer, 1852
1352581 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1352581)
accepted
Species
Bulimus anomalus C. B. Adams, 1849 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
Ravenia hollandi J. B. Henderson, 1898 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Spiraxis (Euspiraxis) adamsianus L. Pfeiffer, 1852 · alternative representation
Spiraxis (Euspiraxis) anomalus (C. B. Adams, 1849) · unaccepted > junior homonym (non L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
Spiraxis contorta Chitty, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spiraxis adamsianus L. Pfeiffer, 1852. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1352581 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Bulimus anomalus C. B. Adams, 1849) Adams, C. B. (1849). Descriptions of supposed new species and varieties of Helicidae from Jamaica. <em>Contributions to Conchology.</em> 2: 17-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13796408
page(s): 28 [details]
original description (of Spiraxis contorta Chitty, 1853) Chitty, E. (1853). Descriptions of thirty supposed new species and varieties of land and fluviatile shells of Jamaica, with observations on some shells already described. <em>Contributions to Conchology.</em> 1 (13): 1-19., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=QwcnN-VZWTAC&pg=RA1-PA1
page(s): 16 [details]
original description (of Ravenia hollandi J. B. Henderson, 1898) Henderson, J. B., Jr. (1898). A new Jamaican land shell. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 12(3): 25-26, text-figure., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1746711#page/41/mode/1up [details]
page(s): 28 [details]
original description (of Spiraxis contorta Chitty, 1853) Chitty, E. (1853). Descriptions of thirty supposed new species and varieties of land and fluviatile shells of Jamaica, with observations on some shells already described. <em>Contributions to Conchology.</em> 1 (13): 1-19., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=QwcnN-VZWTAC&pg=RA1-PA1
page(s): 16 [details]
original description (of Ravenia hollandi J. B. Henderson, 1898) Henderson, J. B., Jr. (1898). A new Jamaican land shell. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 12(3): 25-26, text-figure., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1746711#page/41/mode/1up [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
