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Chilonopsis helena (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
1461884 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1461884)
accepted
Species
Bulimus digitale Reeve, 1849 · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
Bulimus digitalis Reeve, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus fossilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 · unaccepted
Bulimus helena (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bulimus sealeianus Forbes, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cochlogena fossilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix helena Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Nesobia helena (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Helix helena Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 2: 111, pl. 9 figs 8-9 [details]
page(s): 2: 111, pl. 9 figs 8-9 [details]
Type locality contained in St. Helena
type locality contained in St. Helena [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Chilonopsis helena (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1461884 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Cochlogena fossilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1844) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1844). Description of fossil shells. Appendix to Part I, 153–160. In: Darwin, C. R., <i>Geological observations on the volcanic islands, visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832–1836</i>. Smith, Elder and Co., London. i–vii, 1–175. [Reprinted 1851, 1876, 1897]. , available online at https://archive.org/details/geologicalobser01darwgoog/page/n158/mode/1up
page(s): 156 [details]
original description (of Helix helena Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 2: 111, pl. 9 figs 8-9 [details]
original description (of Bulimus sealeianus Forbes, 1852) Forbes, E. (1852). On the extinct land-shells of St. Helena. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society.</em> 8: 197-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35461205
page(s): 198, pl. 5 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Bulimus digitale Reeve, 1849) Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). Monograph of the genus <i>Bulimus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, 5: Pls 1–89 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [pls 1-9, Apr 1848; 10-12, 15-19, May 1848; 13, 14, 20-25, Jun 1848; 26-33, Jul 1848; 34, 35, Aug 1848; 36, 37, Sep 1848; 38-45, Oct 1848; 46-53, Nov 1848; 54-57, Dec 1848; 58-61, Jan 1849; 62-64, Mar 1849; 65-69, May 1849; 70-73, 75, Jul 1849; 74, 76, 77, Aug 1849; 78, 79, Sep 1849; 80-84, Dec 1849; 85-89, Feb 1850]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8966758
page(s): pl. 47 fig. 308 [details]
basis of record Gerlach, J.; Griffiths, O.; Hume, J. P.; Louchart, A.; Sorrel, P.; Cairns-Wicks, R. (2025). Diversity of the extinct land snail genus <i>Chilonopsis</i> of St Helena (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Achatinidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 1007: 176-210., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1007.3007
page(s): 191, figs 4b, 8a–e, 7c–d [details] Available for editors
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additional source Cowie R.H., Régnier C., Fontaine B. & Bouchet P. (2017). Measuring the Sixth Extinction: what do mollusks tell us?. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 131(1): 3-41.
page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 156 [details]
original description (of Helix helena Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 2: 111, pl. 9 figs 8-9 [details]
original description (of Bulimus sealeianus Forbes, 1852) Forbes, E. (1852). On the extinct land-shells of St. Helena. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society.</em> 8: 197-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35461205
page(s): 198, pl. 5 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Bulimus digitale Reeve, 1849) Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). Monograph of the genus <i>Bulimus</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, 5: Pls 1–89 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London [pls 1-9, Apr 1848; 10-12, 15-19, May 1848; 13, 14, 20-25, Jun 1848; 26-33, Jul 1848; 34, 35, Aug 1848; 36, 37, Sep 1848; 38-45, Oct 1848; 46-53, Nov 1848; 54-57, Dec 1848; 58-61, Jan 1849; 62-64, Mar 1849; 65-69, May 1849; 70-73, 75, Jul 1849; 74, 76, 77, Aug 1849; 78, 79, Sep 1849; 80-84, Dec 1849; 85-89, Feb 1850]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8966758
page(s): pl. 47 fig. 308 [details]
basis of record Gerlach, J.; Griffiths, O.; Hume, J. P.; Louchart, A.; Sorrel, P.; Cairns-Wicks, R. (2025). Diversity of the extinct land snail genus <i>Chilonopsis</i> of St Helena (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Achatinidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 1007: 176-210., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1007.3007
page(s): 191, figs 4b, 8a–e, 7c–d [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cowie R.H., Régnier C., Fontaine B. & Bouchet P. (2017). Measuring the Sixth Extinction: what do mollusks tell us?. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 131(1): 3-41.
page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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