MolluscaBase taxon details
Wainuia urnula (Reeve, 1854)
1390080 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1390080)
accepted
Species
Helix urnula Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Helix urnula L. Pfeiffer, 1855 · unaccepted (Homonym and junior subjective synonym)
Rhytida yaldwyni Dell, 1955 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Wainuia urnula urnula (Reeve, 1854) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
- Subspecies Wainuia urnula nasuta A. W. B. Powell, 1946 accepted as Wainuia nasuta A. W. B. Powell, 1946
- Subspecies Wainuia urnula urnula (Reeve, 1854) accepted as Wainuia urnula (Reeve, 1854) (superseded combination)
(of Helix urnula Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1851-1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Helix</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 7, pls. 1-210 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [publication dates: pls. 1-6, Mar. 1851; 7-14, Apr. 1851; 15-22, May 1851; 23-30, Jun. 1851; 31-38, Jul. 1861; 39-46, Sept. 1851; 47-54, Oct. 1851; 55-62, Dec. 1851; 63-70, Jan. 1852; 71-78, Feb. 1852; 79-86, Mar. 1852; 87-94, Apr. 1852; 95-102, May 1852; 103-110, Jun. 1852; 111-126, Aug. 1852; 127-134, Oct. 1852 [pl. 133 as “Oct. 1851”]; 135-142, Nov. 1852; 143-146, Dec. 1852; 147-150, Feb. 1853; 151-154, Apr. 1853; 155-162, May 1853; 163-166, Jun. 1853; 167-170, Jul. 1853; 171-174, Oct. 1853; 175, 176, Apr. 1854; 177, May 1854; 178-185, Jun. 1854; 186-189, Jul. 1854; 190-193, Aug. 1854; 194, 195, Sept. 1854; 196-210, Dec. 1854]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120877
page(s): pl. 189, sp. 1306 [details]
page(s): pl. 189, sp. 1306 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Wainuia urnula (Reeve, 1854). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1390080 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Rhytida yaldwyni Dell, 1955) Dell, R.K. (1955). Some New Zealand subfossil land Mollusca. <em>Records of the Dominion Museum 2 (3): 135-144.</em>
page(s): 135 [details]
original description (of Helix urnula L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Pfeiffer, L. (1855). Descriptions of forty-two new species of <i>Helix</i>, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22 (263) [“1854”]: 49-57. London [10 January]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747430
page(s): 49 [details]
original description (of Helix urnula Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1851-1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Helix</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 7, pls. 1-210 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [publication dates: pls. 1-6, Mar. 1851; 7-14, Apr. 1851; 15-22, May 1851; 23-30, Jun. 1851; 31-38, Jul. 1861; 39-46, Sept. 1851; 47-54, Oct. 1851; 55-62, Dec. 1851; 63-70, Jan. 1852; 71-78, Feb. 1852; 79-86, Mar. 1852; 87-94, Apr. 1852; 95-102, May 1852; 103-110, Jun. 1852; 111-126, Aug. 1852; 127-134, Oct. 1852 [pl. 133 as “Oct. 1851”]; 135-142, Nov. 1852; 143-146, Dec. 1852; 147-150, Feb. 1853; 151-154, Apr. 1853; 155-162, May 1853; 163-166, Jun. 1853; 167-170, Jul. 1853; 171-174, Oct. 1853; 175, 176, Apr. 1854; 177, May 1854; 178-185, Jun. 1854; 186-189, Jul. 1854; 190-193, Aug. 1854; 194, 195, Sept. 1854; 196-210, Dec. 1854]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120877
page(s): pl. 189, sp. 1306 [details]
additional source Brook, F. J. & Ablett, J. D. (2019). Type material of land snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) described from New Zealand by taxonomists in Europe and North America between 1830 and 1934, and the history of research on the New Zealand land snail fauna from 1824 to 1917. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4697: 1-117.
page(s): 82 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Zilch, A. (1983). Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 71: Mollusca: Streptaxacea (2): Haplotrematidae, Systrophiidae, Rhytididae, Streptaxidae (Nachträge zu Teil 24). <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 113 (1/6): 117–149; 231–233, Taf. 11–13.
page(s): 127 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 135 [details]
original description (of Helix urnula L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Pfeiffer, L. (1855). Descriptions of forty-two new species of <i>Helix</i>, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22 (263) [“1854”]: 49-57. London [10 January]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747430
page(s): 49 [details]
original description (of Helix urnula Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1851-1854). Monograph of the genus <i>Helix</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 7, pls. 1-210 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [publication dates: pls. 1-6, Mar. 1851; 7-14, Apr. 1851; 15-22, May 1851; 23-30, Jun. 1851; 31-38, Jul. 1861; 39-46, Sept. 1851; 47-54, Oct. 1851; 55-62, Dec. 1851; 63-70, Jan. 1852; 71-78, Feb. 1852; 79-86, Mar. 1852; 87-94, Apr. 1852; 95-102, May 1852; 103-110, Jun. 1852; 111-126, Aug. 1852; 127-134, Oct. 1852 [pl. 133 as “Oct. 1851”]; 135-142, Nov. 1852; 143-146, Dec. 1852; 147-150, Feb. 1853; 151-154, Apr. 1853; 155-162, May 1853; 163-166, Jun. 1853; 167-170, Jul. 1853; 171-174, Oct. 1853; 175, 176, Apr. 1854; 177, May 1854; 178-185, Jun. 1854; 186-189, Jul. 1854; 190-193, Aug. 1854; 194, 195, Sept. 1854; 196-210, Dec. 1854]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120877
page(s): pl. 189, sp. 1306 [details]
additional source Brook, F. J. & Ablett, J. D. (2019). Type material of land snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) described from New Zealand by taxonomists in Europe and North America between 1830 and 1934, and the history of research on the New Zealand land snail fauna from 1824 to 1917. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4697: 1-117.
page(s): 82 [details] Available for editors

additional source Zilch, A. (1983). Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 71: Mollusca: Streptaxacea (2): Haplotrematidae, Systrophiidae, Rhytididae, Streptaxidae (Nachträge zu Teil 24). <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 113 (1/6): 117–149; 231–233, Taf. 11–13.
page(s): 127 [details] Available for editors





To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Wainuia urnula)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Malacopics (Wainuia urnula (Reeve, 1854))
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.005720; Rhytida yaldwyni Dell, 1955; holotype) (from synonym Rhytida yaldwyni Dell, 1955)
To NHMUK collection (Helix urnula Pfeiffer, 1855; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2373111) (from synonym Helix urnula Reeve, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Wainuia urnula)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Malacopics (Wainuia urnula (Reeve, 1854))
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.005720; Rhytida yaldwyni Dell, 1955; holotype) (from synonym Rhytida yaldwyni Dell, 1955)
To NHMUK collection (Helix urnula Pfeiffer, 1855; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2373111) (from synonym Helix urnula Reeve, 1854)