MolluscaBase name details
Helix ambigua Mousson, 1859
1423526 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1423526)
unaccepted > junior homonym (non Helix ambigua Linnaeus, 1758)
Species
- Subspecies Helix ambigua clathrata Westerlund, 1889 accepted as Helix borealis Mousson, 1859 (junior synonym)
- Variety Helix ambigua var. aetolica Kobelt, 1892 accepted as Helix borealis Mousson, 1859 (junior synonym)
- Variety Helix ambigua var. borealis Mousson, 1859 accepted as Helix borealis Mousson, 1859 (original name)
Mousson, A. (1859). Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles, recueillies dans l'Orient par M. le Dr. Alex. Schläfli. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich, 4 (1): 12-36; 4 (3): 253-297. Zürich. [reprinted 1859 with alterations: 71 pp.], available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47188753
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Helix ambigua Mousson, 1859. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1423526 on 2025-09-11
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Mousson, A. (1859). Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles, recueillies dans l'Orient par M. le Dr. Alex. Schläfli. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich, 4 (1): 12-36; 4 (3): 253-297. Zürich. [reprinted 1859 with alterations: 71 pp.], available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47188753
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source of synonymy Neubert, E. (2014). Revision of Helix Linnaeus, 1758 in its eastern Mediterranean distribution area, and reassignment of Helix godetiana Kobelt, 1878 to Maltzanella Hesse, 1917 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae). Contributions to Natural History, 26: 1-200. Bern [5 December].
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page(s): 15 [details]
source of synonymy Neubert, E. (2014). Revision of Helix Linnaeus, 1758 in its eastern Mediterranean distribution area, and reassignment of Helix godetiana Kobelt, 1878 to Maltzanella Hesse, 1917 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae). Contributions to Natural History, 26: 1-200. Bern [5 December].
page(s): 98 [details] Available for editors
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