MolluscaBase taxon details
Proserpinula infortunata (Bland, 1854)
1497555 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1497555)
accepted
Species
Helix infortunata Bland, 1854 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Helix margarita L. Pfeiffer, 1845 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of Helix...)
invalid: junior homonym of Helix margarita Montagu, 1808; H. infortunata is a replacement name
Helix opalina C. B. Adams, 1845 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of Helix...)
invalid: junior homonym of Helix opalina G. B. Sowerby I, 1841; H. infortunata is a replacement name
(of Helix infortunata Bland, 1854) Bland, T. (1854). On <i>Proserpina opalina</i> C. B. Ad., and <i>Helix proserpinula</i> Pfr. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 6: 77-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16023667
page(s): 78 [details]
page(s): 78 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Proserpinula infortunata (Bland, 1854). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1497555 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Helix infortunata Bland, 1854) Bland, T. (1854). On <i>Proserpina opalina</i> C. B. Ad., and <i>Helix proserpinula</i> Pfr. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 6: 77-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16023667
page(s): 78 [details]
original description (of Helix opalina C. B. Adams, 1845) Adams, C. B. (1845). Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 1-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490685
page(s): 16 [details]
basis of record Pilsbry, H. A. (1949). Land mollusks of Cayman Brac. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 63(2): 37-48, pl. 3, figs. 1-7, pl.4, text-fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520512
page(s): 43 [details]
additional source Schileyko, A. A. (1998). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 2. Gastrocoptidae, Hypselostomatidae, Vertiginidae, Truncatellinidae, Pachnodidae, Enidae, Sagdidae. <em>Ruthenica.</em> Supplement 2: 129-261. Moskva [November].
page(s): 242, figs 298B-E [details]
page(s): 78 [details]
original description (of Helix opalina C. B. Adams, 1845) Adams, C. B. (1845). Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 1-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490685
page(s): 16 [details]
basis of record Pilsbry, H. A. (1949). Land mollusks of Cayman Brac. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 63(2): 37-48, pl. 3, figs. 1-7, pl.4, text-fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520512
page(s): 43 [details]
additional source Schileyko, A. A. (1998). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 2. Gastrocoptidae, Hypselostomatidae, Vertiginidae, Truncatellinidae, Pachnodidae, Enidae, Sagdidae. <em>Ruthenica.</em> Supplement 2: 129-261. Moskva [November].
page(s): 242, figs 298B-E [details]
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