MolluscaBase - Polygyra (Mesodon) exoleta (A. Gould, 1851)

MolluscaBase name details

Polygyra (Mesodon) exoleta (A. Gould, 1851)

AphiaID

1539105 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1539105)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Mesodon zaletus (A. Binney, 1837)

Rank

Species

Parent

Polygyra (Mesodon) A. Férussac, 1821 accepted as Mesodon A. Férussac, 1821

Original name

Helix exoleta A. Gould, 1851

Environment

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

Original description

(of Helix exoleta A. Gould, 1851) Gould, A.A. (1851). The terrestrial air-breathing mollusks of the United States, and the adjacent territories of North America. Vol. 2. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. 1-366.
page(s): 131, pl. 10 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polygyra (Mesodon) exoleta (A. Gould, 1851). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1539105 on 2025-04-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-09-04 17:20:12Z

created

Auffenberg, Kurt

2023-06-04 23:28:51Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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

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Sources (2)

original description (of Helix exoleta A. Gould, 1851) Gould, A.A. (1851). The terrestrial air-breathing mollusks of the United States, and the adjacent territories of North America. Vol. 2. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. 1-366.
page(s): 131, pl. 10 [details]

basis of record Baker, F. C. (1897). On a collection of mollusks from Grand Tower, Illinois. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 11(3): 28-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1774602
page(s): 29 [details]