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Clausilia insignis A. Gould, 1843
1383349 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1383349)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
- Variety Clausilia insignis var. gracilior Hanley & Theobald, 1870 accepted as Oospira gracilior (Hanley & Theobald, 1870) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Gould, A. A. (1843). [Shells not long since announced as having been received from the Rev. Francis Mason, missionary at Tavoy, in British Burmah.]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 139-141, 144., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490567
page(s): 140. [details]
page(s): 140. [details]
Type locality contained in Burma
type locality contained in Burma [details]
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Gould, A. A. (1843). [Shells not long since announced as having been received from the Rev. Francis Mason, missionary at Tavoy, in British Burmah.]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 139-141, 144., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490567
page(s): 140. [details]
additional source Gould, A. A. (1844). Descriptions of land shells from the province of Tavoy, in British Burmah. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 4(4): 452–459., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5363319
page(s): 458, plate 24, fig. 8 [details]
subsequent type designation Johnson, R. I. (1964). The recent Mollusca of Augustus Addison Gould. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 239: 1-182., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/10127
page(s): 92, pl. 36, fig. 9 lectotype. [details]
subsequent type designation Nordsieck, H. (2007). Worldwide Door Snails (Clausiliidae), Recent and Fossil. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 214 pp.
page(s): 181, pl. 1, fig. 1 lectotype. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 140. [details]
additional source Gould, A. A. (1844). Descriptions of land shells from the province of Tavoy, in British Burmah. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 4(4): 452–459., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5363319
page(s): 458, plate 24, fig. 8 [details]
subsequent type designation Johnson, R. I. (1964). The recent Mollusca of Augustus Addison Gould. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 239: 1-182., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/10127
page(s): 92, pl. 36, fig. 9 lectotype. [details]
subsequent type designation Nordsieck, H. (2007). Worldwide Door Snails (Clausiliidae), Recent and Fossil. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 214 pp.
page(s): 181, pl. 1, fig. 1 lectotype. [details] Available for editors





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Lectotype There are records of two lectotypes for this species USNM 117120 (Johnson, 1964: 92, pl. 36, fig. 9) and NHMUK 1996183 (Nordsieck, 2007:181, pl. 1, fig. 1.) [details]