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Otala xanthodon (Anton, 1838)
1461009 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1461009)
accepted
Species
Archelix (Dupotetia) russadirensis Pallary, 1933 · unaccepted (original combination)
Archelix (Dupotetia) vanrossomi Pallary, 1933 · unaccepted (original combination)
Archelix abrolena (Bourguignat, 1863) · unaccepted (superseded generic combination)
Archelix alabastra (Bourguignat, 1884) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Archelix alabastra var. minor Pallary, 1920 · unaccepted (original combination)
Archelix alabastra var. zonata Pallary, 1920 · unaccepted (original combination)
Archelix alvisetiana Pallary, 1926 · unaccepted (original combination)
Archelix aposa Pallary, 1923 · unaccepted (original combination)
Archelix aposa var. minor Pallary, 1926 · unaccepted (original combination)
Archelix depageana Pallary, 1926 · unaccepted (original combination)
Archelix depageana var. rhorgiana Pallary, 1926 · unaccepted (original combination)
Archelix galiyana Pallary, 1917 · unaccepted (original combination)
Archelix galiyana var. vernicata Pallary, 1917 · unaccepted (original combination)
Archelix lafayei Pallary, 1923 · unaccepted (original combination)
Archelix lafayei var. minor Pallary, 1926 · unaccepted (original combination)
Archelix maurusiana Pallary, 1920 · unaccepted (original combination)
Archelix maurusiana var. minor Pallary, 1926 · unaccepted (original combination)
Archelix slessica Pallary, 1917 · unaccepted (original combination)
Archelix steppica Pallary, 1926 · unaccepted (original combination)
Helix alabastra Bourguignat, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix brevieri Bourguignat, 1884 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix brevieri var. minor Pallary, 1899 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix xanthodon Anton, 1838 · unaccepted (original combination)
terrestrial
(of Helix xanthodon Anton, 1838) Anton, H. E. (1838). <i>Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer</i>. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp. [Title page dated 1839, but volume actually published in 1838; see Cernohorsky, 1978, <i>The Veliger</i> 20(3): 299]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11967421
page(s): 39, No 1432. [details]
page(s): 39, No 1432. [details]
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original description
(of Helix xanthodon Anton, 1838) Anton, H. E. (1838). <i>Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer</i>. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp. [Title page dated 1839, but volume actually published in 1838; see Cernohorsky, 1978, <i>The Veliger</i> 20(3): 299]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11967421
page(s): 39, No 1432. [details]
original description (of Helix alabastra Bourguignat, 1884) Péchaud, J. (1884). Excursions malacologiques dans le nord de l'Afrique de la Calle a Alger, d'Alger a Tanger. I. Jules Tremblay, Paris, 112 pp. ["1883"] [± May]., available online at https://archive.org/details/excursionsmalaco00pech
page(s): 83-84 [details]
original description (of Archelix alabastra (Bourguignat, 1884)) Péchaud, J. (1884). Excursions malacologiques dans le nord de l'Afrique de la Calle a Alger, d'Alger a Tanger. I. Jules Tremblay, Paris, 112 pp. ["1883"] [± May]., available online at https://archive.org/details/excursionsmalaco00pech [details]
original description (of Archelix (Dupotetia) russadirensis Pallary, 1933) Pallary, P. (1933). Diagnoses de quinze mollusques continentaux du Maroc. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Afrique du Nord, 24 (7): 243-248. Alger. [15 July]
page(s): 246-247 [details]
original description (of Archelix (Dupotetia) vanrossomi Pallary, 1933) Pallary, P. (1933). Diagnoses de quinze mollusques continentaux du Maroc. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Afrique du Nord, 24 (7): 243-248. Alger. [15 July]
page(s): 247 [details]
original description (of Archelix alvisetiana Pallary, 1926) Pallary, P. (1926). Compléments à la faune malacologique de la Berbérie. Journal de Conchyliologie, 70 (1): 1-50, pl. 1-8. Paris. [30 July]
page(s): 44-45, pl. 8 fig. 1-2 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Archelix aposa Pallary, 1923) Pallary, P. (1923). Vingt mollusques terrestres nouveaux du Maroc. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Afrique du Nord, 14 (3): 112-118. Alger. [15 March]
page(s): 114 [details]
original description (of Archelix depageana Pallary, 1926) Pallary, P. (1926). Compléments à la faune malacologique de la Berbérie. Journal de Conchyliologie, 70 (1): 1-50, pl. 1-8. Paris. [30 July]
page(s): 47-48, pl. 5 fig. 13-15 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Archelix galiyana Pallary, 1917) Pallary, P. (1917). Hélicidées nouvelles du Maroc. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 63 (2): 126-141, pl. 5. [31 August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16014508
page(s): 140-141, pl. 5 fig. 11-12 [details]
original description (of Archelix lafayei Pallary, 1923) Pallary, P. (1923). Vingt mollusques terrestres nouveaux du Maroc. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Afrique du Nord, 14 (3): 112-118. Alger. [15 March]
page(s): 114-115 [details]
original description (of Archelix maurusiana Pallary, 1920) Pallary, P. (1920). Descriptions d'une nouvelle cinquantaine de mollusques terrestres nouveaux du Nord-Ouest de l'Afrique. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Afrique du Nord, 11 (2): 18-34. Alger. [15 February]
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Archelix slessica Pallary, 1917) Pallary, P. (1917). Hélicidées nouvelles du Maroc. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 63 (2): 126-141, pl. 5. [31 August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16014508
page(s): 138-140, pl. 5 fig. 7-10 [details]
original description (of Archelix steppica Pallary, 1926) Pallary, P. (1926). Compléments à la faune malacologique de la Berbérie. Journal de Conchyliologie, 70 (1): 1-50, pl. 1-8. Paris. [30 July]
page(s): 42-43, pl. 7 fig. 12-13 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Helix brevieri var. minor Pallary, 1899) Pallary, P. (1899). Deuxième contribution à l'étude de la faune malacologique du Nord-Ouest de l'Afrique. Supplement à "La faune malacologique du Maroc" de A. Morelet. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 46 (2): 49-170, pls 5-9. Paris. [9 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15920448
page(s): 112 [details]
original description (of Archelix alabastra var. minor Pallary, 1920) Pallary, P. (1920). Récoltes malacologiques du capitaine Paul Martel dans la partie septentrionale du Maroc. Journal de Conchyliologie, 65 (1): 1-39, pl. 1-3; 65 (2): 131-160, pl. 4-5. Paris. [20 October and 20 November, respectively], available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16014898
page(s): 38 [details]
original description (of Archelix alabastra var. zonata Pallary, 1920) Pallary, P. (1920). Descriptions d'une nouvelle cinquantaine de mollusques terrestres nouveaux du Nord-Ouest de l'Afrique. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Afrique du Nord, 11 (2): 18-34. Alger. [15 February]
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Archelix aposa var. minor Pallary, 1926) Pallary, P. (1926). Compléments à la faune malacologique de la Berbérie. Journal de Conchyliologie, 70 (1): 1-50, pl. 1-8. Paris. [30 July]
page(s): 43 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Archelix depageana var. rhorgiana Pallary, 1926) Pallary, P. (1926). Compléments à la faune malacologique de la Berbérie. Journal de Conchyliologie, 70 (1): 1-50, pl. 1-8. Paris. [30 July]
page(s): 48-49 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Archelix galiyana var. vernicata Pallary, 1917) Pallary, P. (1917). Hélicidées nouvelles du Maroc. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 63 (2): 126-141, pl. 5. [31 August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16014508
page(s): 141 [details]
original description (of Archelix lafayei var. minor Pallary, 1926) Pallary, P. (1926). Compléments à la faune malacologique de la Berbérie. Journal de Conchyliologie, 70 (1): 1-50, pl. 1-8. Paris. [30 July]
page(s): 48 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Archelix maurusiana var. minor Pallary, 1926) Pallary, P. (1926). Compléments à la faune malacologique de la Berbérie. Journal de Conchyliologie, 70 (1): 1-50, pl. 1-8. Paris. [30 July]
page(s): 42, pl. 7 fig. 11 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Holyoak, D.T. & Holyoak, G.A. (2017). A revision of the land-snail genera Otala and Eobania (Gastropoda, helicidae) in Morocco and Algeria. Journal of Conchology, 40 (6): 419-490. London.
page(s): 446. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 39, No 1432. [details]
original description (of Helix alabastra Bourguignat, 1884) Péchaud, J. (1884). Excursions malacologiques dans le nord de l'Afrique de la Calle a Alger, d'Alger a Tanger. I. Jules Tremblay, Paris, 112 pp. ["1883"] [± May]., available online at https://archive.org/details/excursionsmalaco00pech
page(s): 83-84 [details]
original description (of Archelix alabastra (Bourguignat, 1884)) Péchaud, J. (1884). Excursions malacologiques dans le nord de l'Afrique de la Calle a Alger, d'Alger a Tanger. I. Jules Tremblay, Paris, 112 pp. ["1883"] [± May]., available online at https://archive.org/details/excursionsmalaco00pech [details]
original description (of Archelix (Dupotetia) russadirensis Pallary, 1933) Pallary, P. (1933). Diagnoses de quinze mollusques continentaux du Maroc. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Afrique du Nord, 24 (7): 243-248. Alger. [15 July]
page(s): 246-247 [details]
original description (of Archelix (Dupotetia) vanrossomi Pallary, 1933) Pallary, P. (1933). Diagnoses de quinze mollusques continentaux du Maroc. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Afrique du Nord, 24 (7): 243-248. Alger. [15 July]
page(s): 247 [details]
original description (of Archelix alvisetiana Pallary, 1926) Pallary, P. (1926). Compléments à la faune malacologique de la Berbérie. Journal de Conchyliologie, 70 (1): 1-50, pl. 1-8. Paris. [30 July]
page(s): 44-45, pl. 8 fig. 1-2 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Archelix aposa Pallary, 1923) Pallary, P. (1923). Vingt mollusques terrestres nouveaux du Maroc. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Afrique du Nord, 14 (3): 112-118. Alger. [15 March]
page(s): 114 [details]
original description (of Archelix depageana Pallary, 1926) Pallary, P. (1926). Compléments à la faune malacologique de la Berbérie. Journal de Conchyliologie, 70 (1): 1-50, pl. 1-8. Paris. [30 July]
page(s): 47-48, pl. 5 fig. 13-15 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Archelix galiyana Pallary, 1917) Pallary, P. (1917). Hélicidées nouvelles du Maroc. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 63 (2): 126-141, pl. 5. [31 August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16014508
page(s): 140-141, pl. 5 fig. 11-12 [details]
original description (of Archelix lafayei Pallary, 1923) Pallary, P. (1923). Vingt mollusques terrestres nouveaux du Maroc. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Afrique du Nord, 14 (3): 112-118. Alger. [15 March]
page(s): 114-115 [details]
original description (of Archelix maurusiana Pallary, 1920) Pallary, P. (1920). Descriptions d'une nouvelle cinquantaine de mollusques terrestres nouveaux du Nord-Ouest de l'Afrique. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Afrique du Nord, 11 (2): 18-34. Alger. [15 February]
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Archelix slessica Pallary, 1917) Pallary, P. (1917). Hélicidées nouvelles du Maroc. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 63 (2): 126-141, pl. 5. [31 August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16014508
page(s): 138-140, pl. 5 fig. 7-10 [details]
original description (of Archelix steppica Pallary, 1926) Pallary, P. (1926). Compléments à la faune malacologique de la Berbérie. Journal de Conchyliologie, 70 (1): 1-50, pl. 1-8. Paris. [30 July]
page(s): 42-43, pl. 7 fig. 12-13 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Helix brevieri var. minor Pallary, 1899) Pallary, P. (1899). Deuxième contribution à l'étude de la faune malacologique du Nord-Ouest de l'Afrique. Supplement à "La faune malacologique du Maroc" de A. Morelet. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 46 (2): 49-170, pls 5-9. Paris. [9 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15920448
page(s): 112 [details]
original description (of Archelix alabastra var. minor Pallary, 1920) Pallary, P. (1920). Récoltes malacologiques du capitaine Paul Martel dans la partie septentrionale du Maroc. Journal de Conchyliologie, 65 (1): 1-39, pl. 1-3; 65 (2): 131-160, pl. 4-5. Paris. [20 October and 20 November, respectively], available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16014898
page(s): 38 [details]
original description (of Archelix alabastra var. zonata Pallary, 1920) Pallary, P. (1920). Descriptions d'une nouvelle cinquantaine de mollusques terrestres nouveaux du Nord-Ouest de l'Afrique. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Afrique du Nord, 11 (2): 18-34. Alger. [15 February]
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Archelix aposa var. minor Pallary, 1926) Pallary, P. (1926). Compléments à la faune malacologique de la Berbérie. Journal de Conchyliologie, 70 (1): 1-50, pl. 1-8. Paris. [30 July]
page(s): 43 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Archelix depageana var. rhorgiana Pallary, 1926) Pallary, P. (1926). Compléments à la faune malacologique de la Berbérie. Journal de Conchyliologie, 70 (1): 1-50, pl. 1-8. Paris. [30 July]
page(s): 48-49 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Archelix galiyana var. vernicata Pallary, 1917) Pallary, P. (1917). Hélicidées nouvelles du Maroc. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 63 (2): 126-141, pl. 5. [31 August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16014508
page(s): 141 [details]
original description (of Archelix lafayei var. minor Pallary, 1926) Pallary, P. (1926). Compléments à la faune malacologique de la Berbérie. Journal de Conchyliologie, 70 (1): 1-50, pl. 1-8. Paris. [30 July]
page(s): 48 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Archelix maurusiana var. minor Pallary, 1926) Pallary, P. (1926). Compléments à la faune malacologique de la Berbérie. Journal de Conchyliologie, 70 (1): 1-50, pl. 1-8. Paris. [30 July]
page(s): 42, pl. 7 fig. 11 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Holyoak, D.T. & Holyoak, G.A. (2017). A revision of the land-snail genera Otala and Eobania (Gastropoda, helicidae) in Morocco and Algeria. Journal of Conchology, 40 (6): 419-490. London.
page(s): 446. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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