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Metalycaeus brahma (Godwin-Austen, 1886)
1465161 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1465161)
accepted
Species
Alycaeus (Alycaeus) chanjukensis Godwin-Austen, 1914 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Alycaeus (Chamalycaeus) brahma Godwin-Austen, 1886 · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Alycaeus (Raptomphalus) commutatus Godwin-Austen, 1914 · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Alycaeus brahma Godwin-Austen, 1886 · unaccepted (original combination)
Alycaeus chanjukensis Godwin-Austen, 1914 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Alycaeus commutatus Godwin-Austen, 1914 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Chamalycaeus (Chamalycaeus) brahma (Godwin-Austen, 1886) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Chamalycaeus brahma (Godwin-Austen, 1914) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
(of Alycaeus brahma Godwin-Austen, 1886) Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1882-1920). <i>Land and freshwater Mollusca of India, including South Arabia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Burmah, Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, and other islands of the Indian Ocean. Supplementary to Messrs. Theobald and Hanley's Conchologia Indica.</i> London, Taylor & Francis. Vol. 1(1): i-iv, 1-18, pls 1-4 [February 1882]; 1(2): 19-66, pls 5-12 [July 1882]; 1(3): 67-94, pls 13-21 [January 1883]; 1(4): pls 22-42 [September 1883], 95-164 [October 1883]; 1(5): pls 43-51 [June 1884], 165-206 [May 1886]; 1(6): pls 52-62 [September 1887], 207-257 [April 1888]. Volume 2(7): 1-46, pls 63-69 [October 1897]; 2(8): 47-86, pls 70-82 [January 1898]; 2(9): 87-146, pls 83-100 [November 1899]; 2(10): 147-238, pls 101-117 [April 1907]; 2(11): 239-310, pls 118-132 [March 1910]; 2(12): 311-442, pls 133-158 [December 1914]. Volume 3(1): 1-65, pls 159-165 [November 1920]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13069144
page(s): vol 1, 195 [details]
page(s): vol 1, 195 [details]
Type locality contained in Assam
type locality contained in Assam [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Metalycaeus brahma (Godwin-Austen, 1886). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1465161 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Alycaeus chanjukensis Godwin-Austen, 1914) Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1882-1920). <i>Land and freshwater Mollusca of India, including South Arabia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Burmah, Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, and other islands of the Indian Ocean. Supplementary to Messrs. Theobald and Hanley's Conchologia Indica.</i> London, Taylor & Francis. Vol. 1(1): i-iv, 1-18, pls 1-4 [February 1882]; 1(2): 19-66, pls 5-12 [July 1882]; 1(3): 67-94, pls 13-21 [January 1883]; 1(4): pls 22-42 [September 1883], 95-164 [October 1883]; 1(5): pls 43-51 [June 1884], 165-206 [May 1886]; 1(6): pls 52-62 [September 1887], 207-257 [April 1888]. Volume 2(7): 1-46, pls 63-69 [October 1897]; 2(8): 47-86, pls 70-82 [January 1898]; 2(9): 87-146, pls 83-100 [November 1899]; 2(10): 147-238, pls 101-117 [April 1907]; 2(11): 239-310, pls 118-132 [March 1910]; 2(12): 311-442, pls 133-158 [December 1914]. Volume 3(1): 1-65, pls 159-165 [November 1920]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13069144
page(s): vol 2, 364 [details]
original description (of Alycaeus brahma Godwin-Austen, 1886) Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1882-1920). <i>Land and freshwater Mollusca of India, including South Arabia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Burmah, Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, and other islands of the Indian Ocean. Supplementary to Messrs. Theobald and Hanley's Conchologia Indica.</i> London, Taylor & Francis. Vol. 1(1): i-iv, 1-18, pls 1-4 [February 1882]; 1(2): 19-66, pls 5-12 [July 1882]; 1(3): 67-94, pls 13-21 [January 1883]; 1(4): pls 22-42 [September 1883], 95-164 [October 1883]; 1(5): pls 43-51 [June 1884], 165-206 [May 1886]; 1(6): pls 52-62 [September 1887], 207-257 [April 1888]. Volume 2(7): 1-46, pls 63-69 [October 1897]; 2(8): 47-86, pls 70-82 [January 1898]; 2(9): 87-146, pls 83-100 [November 1899]; 2(10): 147-238, pls 101-117 [April 1907]; 2(11): 239-310, pls 118-132 [March 1910]; 2(12): 311-442, pls 133-158 [December 1914]. Volume 3(1): 1-65, pls 159-165 [November 1920]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13069144
page(s): vol 1, 195 [details]
original description (of Alycaeus commutatus Godwin-Austen, 1914) Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1882-1920). <i>Land and freshwater Mollusca of India, including South Arabia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Burmah, Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, and other islands of the Indian Ocean. Supplementary to Messrs. Theobald and Hanley's Conchologia Indica.</i> London, Taylor & Francis. Vol. 1(1): i-iv, 1-18, pls 1-4 [February 1882]; 1(2): 19-66, pls 5-12 [July 1882]; 1(3): 67-94, pls 13-21 [January 1883]; 1(4): pls 22-42 [September 1883], 95-164 [October 1883]; 1(5): pls 43-51 [June 1884], 165-206 [May 1886]; 1(6): pls 52-62 [September 1887], 207-257 [April 1888]. Volume 2(7): 1-46, pls 63-69 [October 1897]; 2(8): 47-86, pls 70-82 [January 1898]; 2(9): 87-146, pls 83-100 [November 1899]; 2(10): 147-238, pls 101-117 [April 1907]; 2(11): 239-310, pls 118-132 [March 1910]; 2(12): 311-442, pls 133-158 [December 1914]. Volume 3(1): 1-65, pls 159-165 [November 1920]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13069144
page(s): vol 2, 350 [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): 139 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Gittenberger, E., Choki Gyeltshen, Kezang Tobgay & Sherub Sherub. (2024). The genera Metalycaeus and Dicharax (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoroidea, Alycaeidae) in Bhutan, with the description of 16 new species. <em>Basteria.</em> 88 (2): 187-219. Leiden. [20 December].
page(s): 190, Figs 4, 7 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): vol 2, 364 [details]
original description (of Alycaeus brahma Godwin-Austen, 1886) Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1882-1920). <i>Land and freshwater Mollusca of India, including South Arabia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Burmah, Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, and other islands of the Indian Ocean. Supplementary to Messrs. Theobald and Hanley's Conchologia Indica.</i> London, Taylor & Francis. Vol. 1(1): i-iv, 1-18, pls 1-4 [February 1882]; 1(2): 19-66, pls 5-12 [July 1882]; 1(3): 67-94, pls 13-21 [January 1883]; 1(4): pls 22-42 [September 1883], 95-164 [October 1883]; 1(5): pls 43-51 [June 1884], 165-206 [May 1886]; 1(6): pls 52-62 [September 1887], 207-257 [April 1888]. Volume 2(7): 1-46, pls 63-69 [October 1897]; 2(8): 47-86, pls 70-82 [January 1898]; 2(9): 87-146, pls 83-100 [November 1899]; 2(10): 147-238, pls 101-117 [April 1907]; 2(11): 239-310, pls 118-132 [March 1910]; 2(12): 311-442, pls 133-158 [December 1914]. Volume 3(1): 1-65, pls 159-165 [November 1920]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13069144
page(s): vol 1, 195 [details]
original description (of Alycaeus commutatus Godwin-Austen, 1914) Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1882-1920). <i>Land and freshwater Mollusca of India, including South Arabia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Burmah, Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, and other islands of the Indian Ocean. Supplementary to Messrs. Theobald and Hanley's Conchologia Indica.</i> London, Taylor & Francis. Vol. 1(1): i-iv, 1-18, pls 1-4 [February 1882]; 1(2): 19-66, pls 5-12 [July 1882]; 1(3): 67-94, pls 13-21 [January 1883]; 1(4): pls 22-42 [September 1883], 95-164 [October 1883]; 1(5): pls 43-51 [June 1884], 165-206 [May 1886]; 1(6): pls 52-62 [September 1887], 207-257 [April 1888]. Volume 2(7): 1-46, pls 63-69 [October 1897]; 2(8): 47-86, pls 70-82 [January 1898]; 2(9): 87-146, pls 83-100 [November 1899]; 2(10): 147-238, pls 101-117 [April 1907]; 2(11): 239-310, pls 118-132 [March 1910]; 2(12): 311-442, pls 133-158 [December 1914]. Volume 3(1): 1-65, pls 159-165 [November 1920]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13069144
page(s): vol 2, 350 [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): 139 [details] Available for editors

additional source Gittenberger, E., Choki Gyeltshen, Kezang Tobgay & Sherub Sherub. (2024). The genera Metalycaeus and Dicharax (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoroidea, Alycaeidae) in Bhutan, with the description of 16 new species. <em>Basteria.</em> 88 (2): 187-219. Leiden. [20 December].
page(s): 190, Figs 4, 7 [details] Available for editors





To NHMUK collection (Alycaeus brahma Godwin-Austen, 1886; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:9004040) (from synonym Alycaeus brahma Godwin-Austen, 1886)
To NHMUK collection (Alycaeus chanjukensis Godwin-Austen, 1914; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:9004048) (from synonym Alycaeus chanjukensis Godwin-Austen, 1914)
To NHMUK collection (Alycaeus commutatus Godwin-Austen, 1914; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:9004071) (from synonym Alycaeus commutatus Godwin-Austen, 1914)
To NHMUK collection (Alycaeus chanjukensis Godwin-Austen, 1914; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:9004048) (from synonym Alycaeus chanjukensis Godwin-Austen, 1914)
To NHMUK collection (Alycaeus commutatus Godwin-Austen, 1914; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:9004071) (from synonym Alycaeus commutatus Godwin-Austen, 1914)