MolluscaBase name details
Succinea imperialis W. H. Benson, 1851
1479662 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1479662)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Benson, W. H. (1851). Descriptions of new land shells from St. Helena, Ceylon, and China. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 2.</em> 7(40): 262-266., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13787854
page(s): 262 [details]
page(s): 262 [details]
Type locality contained in St. Helena
type locality contained in St. Helena [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Succinea imperialis W. H. Benson, 1851. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1479662 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Benson, W. H. (1851). Descriptions of new land shells from St. Helena, Ceylon, and China. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 2.</em> 7(40): 262-266., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13787854
page(s): 262 [details]
additional source 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): 145; note: type material not found [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Benson, W. H. (1850). Characters of new species of <i>Helix</i> from India, Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope; also of a new Mauritian <i>Tornatellina</i>, with remarks on the habits of a Cape <i>Succinea</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 6: 251–256., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16086676
page(s): 145 [details]
page(s): 262 [details]
additional source 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): 145; note: type material not found [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Benson, W. H. (1850). Characters of new species of <i>Helix</i> from India, Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope; also of a new Mauritian <i>Tornatellina</i>, with remarks on the habits of a Cape <i>Succinea</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 6: 251–256., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16086676
page(s): 145 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
