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Sophina forabilis (W. H. Benson, 1859)
1482326 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1482326)
accepted
Species
Helix forabilis W. H. Benson, 1859 · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Helix forabilis W. H. Benson, 1859) Benson, W. H. (1859). New Helicidae collected by W. Theobald, Esq., jun., in Burmah and the Khasia Hills. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 3, vol. 3: 387-393., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2318134
page(s): 389 [details]
page(s): 389 [details]
Type locality contained in Burma
type locality contained in Burma [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sophina forabilis (W. H. Benson, 1859). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1482326 on 2025-09-11
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(of Helix forabilis W. H. Benson, 1859) Benson, W. H. (1859). New Helicidae collected by W. Theobald, Esq., jun., in Burmah and the Khasia Hills. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 3, vol. 3: 387-393., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2318134
page(s): 389 [details]
basis of record Benson, W. H. (1860). On the Burmese genus <i>Sophina</i>. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 3.</em> 5(25): 26-27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18658432#page/40/mode/1up
page(s): 27 [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): 172, Fig. 77 E [details] Available for editors
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additional source Stoliczka, F. (1871). Notes on terrestrial Mollusca from the neighbourhood of Moulmein (Tenasserim Provinces), with descriptions of new species. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> Part II, 40 (3): 217-259, pl. 15-19. Calcutta [25 September]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35631081
page(s): 257 [details]
page(s): 389 [details]
basis of record Benson, W. H. (1860). On the Burmese genus <i>Sophina</i>. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 3.</em> 5(25): 26-27., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18658432#page/40/mode/1up
page(s): 27 [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): 172, Fig. 77 E [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Stoliczka, F. (1871). Notes on terrestrial Mollusca from the neighbourhood of Moulmein (Tenasserim Provinces), with descriptions of new species. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> Part II, 40 (3): 217-259, pl. 15-19. Calcutta [25 September]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35631081
page(s): 257 [details]
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