MolluscaBase name details
Helix virginia Morelet, 1860
1475619 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1475619)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Helix virginea Morelet, 1860 · unaccepted (unjustified emendation to...)
unjustified emendation to original name, Helix virginia Morelet, 1860
Morelet, A. (1860). Séries conchyliologiques comprenant l'énumération de mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis pendant le cours de différents voyages, ainsi que la description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles 2. <em>Klincksieck, Paris.</em> 35-127, pls 4-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11913380
page(s): 62-63, pl. 4, fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 62-63, pl. 4, fig. 8 [details]
Type locality contained in Mauritius
type locality contained in Mauritius (origin: native) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Helix virginia Morelet, 1860. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1475619 on 2025-09-11
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Morelet, A. (1860). Séries conchyliologiques comprenant l'énumération de mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis pendant le cours de différents voyages, ainsi que la description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles 2. <em>Klincksieck, Paris.</em> 35-127, pls 4-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11913380
page(s): 62-63, pl. 4, fig. 8 [details]
additional source Breure, A.S.H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J.D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.
page(s): 477, fig. 1248 (syntype); note: as Helix virginea[sic] [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 62-63, pl. 4, fig. 8 [details]
additional source Breure, A.S.H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J.D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.
page(s): 477, fig. 1248 (syntype); note: as Helix virginea[sic] [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
