MolluscaBase taxon details
Ampulla priamus (Gmelin, 1791)
141963 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141963)
accepted
Species
Achatina fulva sensu Deshayes, 1838 · unaccepted > misapplication (not Bruguière, 1792)
Achatina maculata Swainson, 1821 · unaccepted
Bulla helicoides Brocchi, 1814 † · unaccepted (synonym)
Bulla stercuspulicum Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Halia helicoides (Brocchi, 1814) † · unaccepted
Halia priamus (Brocchi, 1814) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Helix priamus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Helix priamus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3654 [details]
page(s): 3654 [details]
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original description
(of Bulla helicoides Brocchi, 1814 †) Brocchi, G. B. (1814). <i>Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli Apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo primo</i>. pp. 1-56, I-LXXV, 1-240. Milano, Stamperia Reale., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12001697 [details]
original description (of Helix priamus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3654 [details]
original description (of Achatina maculata Swainson, 1821) Swainson, W. (1821). <i>Exotic conchology; or figures and descriptions of rare, beautiful, or undescribed shells</i>. London: W. Wood, J. & A. Arch. 39 pp., 48 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27547788
page(s): pl. 23 [details]
original description (of Bulla stercuspulicum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3434 [details]
original description (of Achatina fulva sensu Deshayes, 1838) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1838). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J.B.P.A. de Lamarck</i>. Deuxième édition, Tome huitième. Histoire des Mollusques. J. B. Baillière: Paris. 660 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64092
page(s): 309 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 81(2) : 241-254, and supplementary online material., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04543.21a [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1908). Type of <i>Ampulla</i> Bolten. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 22(8): 83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1743598 [details]
additional source Vera-Peláez, J. L. (2022). Volutidae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) del Plioceno de Estepona (Málaga, España) con dos nuevas especies de <i>Scaphella</i> Swainson, 1832. <em>Pliocénica.</em> 6-7: 95-109.
page(s): 100, pl. 1 figs 12-13 [details]
original description (of Helix priamus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3654 [details]
original description (of Achatina maculata Swainson, 1821) Swainson, W. (1821). <i>Exotic conchology; or figures and descriptions of rare, beautiful, or undescribed shells</i>. London: W. Wood, J. & A. Arch. 39 pp., 48 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27547788
page(s): pl. 23 [details]
original description (of Bulla stercuspulicum Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3434 [details]
original description (of Achatina fulva sensu Deshayes, 1838) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1838). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J.B.P.A. de Lamarck</i>. Deuxième édition, Tome huitième. Histoire des Mollusques. J. B. Baillière: Paris. 660 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64092
page(s): 309 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 81(2) : 241-254, and supplementary online material., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04543.21a [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1908). Type of <i>Ampulla</i> Bolten. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 22(8): 83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1743598 [details]
additional source Vera-Peláez, J. L. (2022). Volutidae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) del Plioceno de Estepona (Málaga, España) con dos nuevas especies de <i>Scaphella</i> Swainson, 1832. <em>Pliocénica.</em> 6-7: 95-109.
page(s): 100, pl. 1 figs 12-13 [details]
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Synonymy Bulla helicoides Brocchi, 1814 and Bulla stercus-pulicum Gmelin, 1791, are synonyms of the present species. [details]
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To Malacopics (Ampulla priamus (Gmelin, 1791) Portugal, Faro, Olhão, Ilha da Culatra, Culatra fishing port, sampled manually, collected 2022-01-03, ex coll. A.F. de Jong .)
To Malacopics (Ampulla priamus (Gmelin, 1791) Spain, Andalucía, Málaga, Málaga, collected 1995, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Ampulla priamus (Gmelin, 1791) Portugal, Faro, Olhão, Ilha da Culatra, Culatra fishing port, sampled manually, collected 2022-01-03, ex coll. A.F. de Jong .)
To Malacopics (Ampulla priamus (Gmelin, 1791) Spain, Andalucía, Málaga, Málaga, collected 1995, ex coll. J. Trausel)
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