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Carychium boysianum W. H. Benson, 1864
1468816 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1468816)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Benson, W. H. (1864). Characters of new land-shells from the Mahabaleshwar hills in western India, and from Agra in the North-west provinces. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 13(75): 209-211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22217471
page(s): 210-211 [details]
page(s): 210-211 [details]
Type locality contained in India
, Note Prope urbem Agra, ad ripas fluminis Jumna
type locality contained in India (origin: native) [details]
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Type locality Prope urbem Agra, ad ripas fluminis Jumna [details]
Etymology Named for the collector, Captain W. J. Boys
Taxonomic remark May be a synonym of Carychium indicum Benson, 1849. See Gittenberger et al. (2017)
Etymology Named for the collector, Captain W. J. Boys [details]
Taxonomic remark May be a synonym of Carychium indicum Benson, 1849. See Gittenberger et al. (2017)
Taxonomic remark May be a synonym of Carychium indicum Benson, 1849. See Gittenberger et al. (2017) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Carychium boysianum W. H. Benson, 1864. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1468816 on 2025-05-02
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Benson, W. H. (1864). Characters of new land-shells from the Mahabaleshwar hills in western India, and from Agra in the North-west provinces. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 13(75): 209-211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22217471
page(s): 210-211 [details]
additional source Gittenberger, E., Pema Leda, Winter, A. J. de & Jochum, A. (2017). First record of <i>Carychium</i> in Bhutan (Gastropoda, Ellobioidea). <em>Basteria.</em> 81(4-6): 107-110., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1000569
page(s): 109 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy 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): 119 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 210-211 [details]
additional source Gittenberger, E., Pema Leda, Winter, A. J. de & Jochum, A. (2017). First record of <i>Carychium</i> in Bhutan (Gastropoda, Ellobioidea). <em>Basteria.</em> 81(4-6): 107-110., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1000569
page(s): 109 [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy 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): 119 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
