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Bulimus janus L. Pfeiffer, 1854
1590980 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1590980)
unaccepted (original combination)
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Pfeiffer, L. (1854). Description of eighteen new species of land shells, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 20(243) [“1852”]: 83–87. London [23 May]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680697
page(s): 85 [details]
page(s): 85 [details]
Note Type locality: Pfeiffer gives it as "in Novis...
Type locality Type locality: Pfeiffer gives it as "in Novis Hebridibus" )(New Hebrides = Vanuatu). Laidlaw & Solem (1961: 631) state that this is an error and the species occurs at Tavoy, Lower Burma and Mergui Archipelago. [details]
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Pfeiffer, L. (1854). Description of eighteen new species of land shells, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 20(243) [“1852”]: 83–87. London [23 May]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680697
page(s): 85 [details]
additional source Laidlaw, F. F. & Solem, A. (1961). The land snail genus <i>Amphidromus</i>. A synoptic catalogue. <em>Fieldiana: Zoology.</em> 41: 503-677.
page(s): 631 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 85 [details]
additional source Laidlaw, F. F. & Solem, A. (1961). The land snail genus <i>Amphidromus</i>. A synoptic catalogue. <em>Fieldiana: Zoology.</em> 41: 503-677.
page(s): 631 [details] Available for editors

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Type locality Type locality: Pfeiffer gives it as "in Novis Hebridibus" )(New Hebrides = Vanuatu). Laidlaw & Solem (1961: 631) state that this is an error and the species occurs at Tavoy, Lower Burma and Mergui Archipelago. [details]