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Geotrochus lychnia (W. H. Benson, 1852)
1559152 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1559152)
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(of Helix lychnia W. H. Benson, 1852) Benson, W. H. (1852). Notice of an Australian <i>Diplommatina</i>; and characters of new East Indian Helicidae from Darjiling and Singapore. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 10: 348–351., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2249266
page(s): 349 [details]
page(s): 349 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Geotrochus lychnia (W. H. Benson, 1852). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1559152 on 2025-09-11
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(of Helix lychnia W. H. Benson, 1852) Benson, W. H. (1852). Notice of an Australian <i>Diplommatina</i>; and characters of new East Indian Helicidae from Darjiling and Singapore. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 10: 348–351., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2249266
page(s): 349 [details]
basis of record Chan, Sow Yan. (1997). A record of Trochomorpha bicolor Martens, 1864 and Geotrochus lychnia (Benson, 1852) both from Singapore. <em>Papustyla.</em> 11(4): 4-5. [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): 163, Fig. 73 B [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 349 [details]
basis of record Chan, Sow Yan. (1997). A record of Trochomorpha bicolor Martens, 1864 and Geotrochus lychnia (Benson, 1852) both from Singapore. <em>Papustyla.</em> 11(4): 4-5. [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): 163, Fig. 73 B [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
