MolluscaBase taxon details
Caracolus insititia (Shuttleworth, 1854)
1481351 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1481351)
accepted
Species
Helix insititia Shuttleworth, 1854 · unaccepted (original combination)
(of Helix insititia Shuttleworth, 1854) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1854). Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken der Insel Portorico. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern.</em> 1854 (314/316): 33-56., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11231275
page(s): 41 [details]
page(s): 41 [details]
Type locality contained in Dominica
type locality contained in Dominica [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Caracolus insititia (Shuttleworth, 1854). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1481351 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Helix insititia Shuttleworth, 1854) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1854). Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken der Insel Portorico. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern.</em> 1854 (314/316): 33-56., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11231275
page(s): 41 [details]
basis of record Espinosa, J. A. & Robinson, D. G. (2021). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Hispaniola Island. <em>Novitates Caribaea.</em> 17: 71–146., available online at http://www.novitatescaribaea.do/index.php/novitates/article/view/250
page(s): 126 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 41 [details]
basis of record Espinosa, J. A. & Robinson, D. G. (2021). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Hispaniola Island. <em>Novitates Caribaea.</em> 17: 71–146., available online at http://www.novitatescaribaea.do/index.php/novitates/article/view/250
page(s): 126 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Helix insititia Shuttleworth, 1854) NMBE 19086 [details]
