MolluscaBase - Helix musicola Shuttleworth, 1854

MolluscaBase name details

Helix musicola Shuttleworth, 1854

AphiaID

1504600 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1504600)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)

Accepted name

Plagioptycha musicola (Shuttleworth, 1854)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Euclasta E. von Martens, 1877
Euclastaria Pilsbry, 1926

Parent

Helix Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Helix musicola Shuttleworth, 1854

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

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): 38-39 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Puerto Rico

type locality contained in Puerto Rico (origin: native) [details]

, Note Luquillo

Type locality Luquillo [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Helix musicola Shuttleworth, 1854. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1504600 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-04-11 12:35:15Z

created

Auffenberg, Kurt

2023-03-04 23:38:50Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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original description 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): 38-39 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Type locality Luquillo [details]