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Metalycaeus stylifer (W. H. Benson, 1857)
1460623 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1460623)
accepted
Species
Alycaeus (Dicharax) stylifer W. H. Benson, 1857 · unaccepted
Alycaeus stylifer W. H. Benson, 1857 · unaccepted (original combination)
Chamalycaeus (Dicharax) stylifer (W. H. Benson, 1857) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Dicharax stylifer (W. H. Benson, 1857) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
(of Alycaeus stylifer W. H. Benson, 1857) Benson, W. H. (1857). Characters of <i>Streptaulus</i>, a new genus, and of several species of the Cyclostomacea from Sikkim, the Khasia Hills, Ava, and Pegu. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 2.</em> 19(111): 201-211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639718
page(s): 204 [details]
page(s): 204 [details]
Type locality contained in Darjiling
type locality contained in Darjiling [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Metalycaeus stylifer (W. H. Benson, 1857). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1460623 on 2025-09-11
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(of Alycaeus stylifer W. H. Benson, 1857) Benson, W. H. (1857). Characters of <i>Streptaulus</i>, a new genus, and of several species of the Cyclostomacea from Sikkim, the Khasia Hills, Ava, and Pegu. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 2.</em> 19(111): 201-211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639718
page(s): 204 [details]
basis of record Páll-Gergely, B., Sajan, S., Tripathy, B., Meng, K., Asami, T. & Ablett, J.D. (2020). Genus-level revision of the Alycaeidae (Gastropoda: Cyclophoroidea), with an annotated species catalog. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 981: 1–220., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/53583/
page(s): 157 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Preece, R. C., White, T. S., Raheem, D. C., Ketchum, H., Ablett, J., Taylor, H., Webb, K. & Naggs, F. (2022). William Benson and the golden age of malacology in British India: Biography, illustrated catalogue and evaluation of his molluscan types. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online at https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390
page(s): 82, Fig. 30 F; note: notes as comb. nov., although this combination was already suggested by Páll-Gergely et al. (2020) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 204 [details]
basis of record Páll-Gergely, B., Sajan, S., Tripathy, B., Meng, K., Asami, T. & Ablett, J.D. (2020). Genus-level revision of the Alycaeidae (Gastropoda: Cyclophoroidea), with an annotated species catalog. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 981: 1–220., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/53583/
page(s): 157 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Preece, R. C., White, T. S., Raheem, D. C., Ketchum, H., Ablett, J., Taylor, H., Webb, K. & Naggs, F. (2022). William Benson and the golden age of malacology in British India: Biography, illustrated catalogue and evaluation of his molluscan types. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online at https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390
page(s): 82, Fig. 30 F; note: notes as comb. nov., although this combination was already suggested by Páll-Gergely et al. (2020) [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Conchology (Dicharax stylifer) (from synonym Dicharax stylifer (W. H. Benson, 1857))
To Conchology (Dicharax stylifer) (from synonym Dicharax stylifer (W. H. Benson, 1857))
To GB Mollusca Types (Alycaeus stylifer W.H. Benson, 1857; Holotype; UMZC I.102630.A) (from synonym Alycaeus stylifer W. H. Benson, 1857)
To Conchology (Dicharax stylifer) (from synonym Dicharax stylifer (W. H. Benson, 1857))
To GB Mollusca Types (Alycaeus stylifer W.H. Benson, 1857; Holotype; UMZC I.102630.A) (from synonym Alycaeus stylifer W. H. Benson, 1857)
