MolluscaBase - Synopeas beckianum (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)

MolluscaBase name details

Synopeas beckianum (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)

AphiaID

1522801 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1522801)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Beckianum beckianum (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)

Rank

Species

Parent

Synopeas Jousseaume, 1889 accepted as Beckianum H. B. Baker, 1961

Original name

Bulimus beckianus L. Pfeiffer, 1846

Environment

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

Original description

(of Bulimus beckianus L. Pfeiffer, 1846) Pfeiffer, L. (1846). Symbolae ad historiam Heliceorum. Sectio tertia. 1–100. Cassellis: Th. Fischer [< 26 August]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12254325
page(s): 82 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Synopeas beckianum (L. Pfeiffer, 1846). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1522801 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-07-24 22:31:33Z

created

Auffenberg, Kurt

2022-11-25 16:20:32Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Sources (3)

original description (of Bulimus beckianus L. Pfeiffer, 1846) Pfeiffer, L. (1846). Symbolae ad historiam Heliceorum. Sectio tertia. 1–100. Cassellis: Th. Fischer [< 26 August]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12254325
page(s): 82 [details]

basis of record Hummelinck, P. W. (1940). A survey of the mammals, lizards and mollusks. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire and the Venezuelan Islands: no. 2.</em> 1(1): 59-108., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506090
page(s): 97 [details]

additional source Baker, H. B. (1945). Some American Achatinidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 58(3): 84-92; 59(4): pl. 9, figs. 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8517317
page(s): 91-92 [details]