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Mendana rectangula (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
1379383 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1379383)
accepted
Species
Helix alta Pease, 1868 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix hapa Hombron & Jacquinot, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix rectangula L. Pfeiffer, 1846 · unaccepted (original combination)
Mendana (Mendana) rectangula (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) · alternative representation
Trochomorpha (Nigritella) alta (Pease, 1868) · unaccepted
Trochomorpha alta (Pease, 1868) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Mendana rectangula altior H. B. Baker, 1938
(of Helix rectangula L. Pfeiffer, 1846) Pfeiffer, L. (1846). Descriptions of thirty-six new species of <i>Helix</i>, belonging to the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 13: 126-133 ("1845")., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862622
page(s): 130 [details]
page(s): 130 [details]
Type locality contained in Marquesas Islands, Marquesas
type locality contained in Marquesas Islands [details]
type locality contained in Marquesas [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Marquesas [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mendana rectangula (L. Pfeiffer, 1846). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1379383 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Helix rectangula L. Pfeiffer, 1846) Pfeiffer, L. (1846). Descriptions of thirty-six new species of <i>Helix</i>, belonging to the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 13: 126-133 ("1845")., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862622
page(s): 130 [details]
original description (of Helix hapa Hombron & Jacquinot, 1847) Hombron, J. B. & Jacquinot, H. (1847 [April]). Atlas d'Histoire Naturelle. Zoologie par MM. Hombron et Jacquinot, chirurgiens de l'expédition. in: Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840 sous le commandement de M. Dumont-D'Urville capitaine de vaisseau publié sous les auspices du département de la marine et sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de Vaisseau, commandant de La Zélée. Livraison 22. Mollusques pls 3, 7. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45371107
page(s): pl. 7, figs 38-41 [details]
original description (of Helix alta Pease, 1868) Pease, W. H. (1868). Description of a new genus and eleven species of land shells, inhabiting Polynesia. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 4(3): 153-159, pl. 12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16070260
page(s): 153, pl. 12, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Baker, H. B. (1938). Zonitid snails from Pacific Islands. Part 1. Southern genera of Microcystinae. <em>Bernice P. Bishop Museum bulletin.</em> 158: 1-102, 20 pls.
page(s): 35 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 130 [details]
original description (of Helix hapa Hombron & Jacquinot, 1847) Hombron, J. B. & Jacquinot, H. (1847 [April]). Atlas d'Histoire Naturelle. Zoologie par MM. Hombron et Jacquinot, chirurgiens de l'expédition. in: Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840 sous le commandement de M. Dumont-D'Urville capitaine de vaisseau publié sous les auspices du département de la marine et sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de Vaisseau, commandant de La Zélée. Livraison 22. Mollusques pls 3, 7. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45371107
page(s): pl. 7, figs 38-41 [details]
original description (of Helix alta Pease, 1868) Pease, W. H. (1868). Description of a new genus and eleven species of land shells, inhabiting Polynesia. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 4(3): 153-159, pl. 12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16070260
page(s): 153, pl. 12, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Baker, H. B. (1938). Zonitid snails from Pacific Islands. Part 1. Southern genera of Microcystinae. <em>Bernice P. Bishop Museum bulletin.</em> 158: 1-102, 20 pls.
page(s): 35 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Helix alta. Pease, 1868. American Journal of Conchology 4 (3): 153, pl. 12, fig. 1 - catalog no. 49016) (from synonym Helix alta Pease, 1868)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
