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Laevicepolis porcellana (Grateloup, 1840)
1426485 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1426485)
accepted
Species
Cepolis porcellana (Grateloup, 1840) · unaccepted
Cepolis porcellana splendens Pilsbry, 1933 · unaccepted
Cepolis wetmorei Bartsch, 1932 · unaccepted
Helix porcellana Grateloup, 1840 · unaccepted
Watters, G. T. (2020). Review of the Hispaniolan land snail genus <i>Cepolis</i> Montfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Helicoidea: Cepolidae). <em>Novapex.</em> 21(1): 1-15.
page(s): 13, figs 5A-K [details]
(of Helix porcellana Grateloup, 1840) Grateloup, J.-P. S. (1840). Mémoire descriptif sur plusieurs espèces de coquilles nouvelles ou peu connues de mollusques exotiques vivants, terrestres, fluviatilis et marins. <em>Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux.</em> 11 (36): 389-455, pls 1-4. [dated 25 November 1840]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35029678
page(s): 410, pl. 1, figs 5, 6. [details]
page(s): 13, figs 5A-K [details]
(of Helix porcellana Grateloup, 1840) Grateloup, J.-P. S. (1840). Mémoire descriptif sur plusieurs espèces de coquilles nouvelles ou peu connues de mollusques exotiques vivants, terrestres, fluviatilis et marins. <em>Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux.</em> 11 (36): 389-455, pls 1-4. [dated 25 November 1840]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35029678
page(s): 410, pl. 1, figs 5, 6. [details]
Type locality contained in Cuba
type locality contained in Cuba [from synonym] [details]
Distribution Dominican Republic: from the lowlands of the southern Barahona Peninsula and Isla Beata to higher elevations (to 1000 m) in...
Distribution Dominican Republic: from the lowlands of the southern Barahona Peninsula and Isla Beata to higher elevations (to 1000 m) in the Sierra de Baoruco. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Laevicepolis porcellana (Grateloup, 1840). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1426485 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Watters, G. T. (2020). Review of the Hispaniolan land snail genus <i>Cepolis</i> Montfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Helicoidea: Cepolidae). <em>Novapex.</em> 21(1): 1-15.
page(s): 13, figs 5A-K [details]
original description (of Cepolis porcellana splendens Pilsbry, 1933) Pilsbry, H. A. (1933). Santo Domingo land mollusks collected by Daniel C. Pease, 1932, and by A. A. Olsson, 1916. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 85: 121–162, pls 6–11.
page(s): 137, pl. 8 figs 13, 13a-b [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Helix porcellana Grateloup, 1840) Grateloup, J.-P. S. (1840). Mémoire descriptif sur plusieurs espèces de coquilles nouvelles ou peu connues de mollusques exotiques vivants, terrestres, fluviatilis et marins. <em>Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux.</em> 11 (36): 389-455, pls 1-4. [dated 25 November 1840]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35029678
page(s): 410, pl. 1, figs 5, 6. [details]
original description (of Cepolis wetmorei Bartsch, 1932) Bartsch, P. (1932). A newly discovered West Indian mollusk faunula. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 81 (2929): 1-12, pls. 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7616601
page(s): 6, pl. 3 figs 4-6 [details]
additional source Espinosa, J. A. & Robinson, D. G. (2021). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Hispaniola Island. <em>Novitates Caribaea.</em> 17: 71–146., available online at http://www.novitatescaribaea.do/index.php/novitates/article/view/250
page(s): 128 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 13, figs 5A-K [details]
original description (of Cepolis porcellana splendens Pilsbry, 1933) Pilsbry, H. A. (1933). Santo Domingo land mollusks collected by Daniel C. Pease, 1932, and by A. A. Olsson, 1916. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 85: 121–162, pls 6–11.
page(s): 137, pl. 8 figs 13, 13a-b [details] Available for editors

original description (of Helix porcellana Grateloup, 1840) Grateloup, J.-P. S. (1840). Mémoire descriptif sur plusieurs espèces de coquilles nouvelles ou peu connues de mollusques exotiques vivants, terrestres, fluviatilis et marins. <em>Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux.</em> 11 (36): 389-455, pls 1-4. [dated 25 November 1840]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35029678
page(s): 410, pl. 1, figs 5, 6. [details]
original description (of Cepolis wetmorei Bartsch, 1932) Bartsch, P. (1932). A newly discovered West Indian mollusk faunula. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 81 (2929): 1-12, pls. 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7616601
page(s): 6, pl. 3 figs 4-6 [details]
additional source Espinosa, J. A. & Robinson, D. G. (2021). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Hispaniola Island. <em>Novitates Caribaea.</em> 17: 71–146., available online at http://www.novitatescaribaea.do/index.php/novitates/article/view/250
page(s): 128 [details] Available for editors





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Distribution Dominican Republic: from the lowlands of the southern Barahona Peninsula and Isla Beata to higher elevations (to 1000 m) in the Sierra de Baoruco. [details]