MolluscaBase taxon details
Mesembrinus moussoni (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
1713493 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1713493)
accepted
Species
Bulimus moussoni L. Pfeiffer, 1853 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) moussoni (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Drymaeus moussoni (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
(of Bulimus moussoni L. Pfeiffer, 1853) Pfeiffer, L. (1853). Description of new land shells from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 19 (228) [“1851”]: 147–150. London [29 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859243
page(s): 147-148 [details]
page(s): 147-148 [details]
Type locality contained in Hispaniola, Dominican Republic
type locality contained in Hispaniola [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Dominican Republic (origin: native) [from synonym] [details]
type locality contained in Dominican Republic (origin: native) [from synonym] [details]
Taxonomy new comb. herein, based on the ranking of Mesembrinus by Salvador et al. (2023)
Taxonomy new comb. herein, based on the ranking of Mesembrinus by Salvador et al. (2023) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mesembrinus moussoni (L. Pfeiffer, 1853). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1713493 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Bulimus moussoni L. Pfeiffer, 1853) Pfeiffer, L. (1853). Description of new land shells from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 19 (228) [“1851”]: 147–150. London [29 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859243
page(s): 147-148 [details]
basis of record Breure, A. S. H., Barrientos Llosa, Z., Monge-Najera, J., Salvador, R. B. & Robinson, D. G. (2024). Is being "blue" being different? The status of <i>Antidrymaeus</i> L. Germain, 1907 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Bulimulidae), with notes on miscellaneous species of <i>Drymaeus</i> Albers, 1850 and <i>Mesembrinus</i> Albers, 1850. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 153(2): 135-162.
page(s): 158, fig. 29 [details]
page(s): 147-148 [details]
basis of record Breure, A. S. H., Barrientos Llosa, Z., Monge-Najera, J., Salvador, R. B. & Robinson, D. G. (2024). Is being "blue" being different? The status of <i>Antidrymaeus</i> L. Germain, 1907 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Bulimulidae), with notes on miscellaneous species of <i>Drymaeus</i> Albers, 1850 and <i>Mesembrinus</i> Albers, 1850. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 153(2): 135-162.
page(s): 158, fig. 29 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy new comb. herein, based on the ranking of Mesembrinus by Salvador et al. (2023) [details]
To NHMUK collection (Bulimus moussoni Pfeiffer, 1853; LECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3506481) (from synonym Bulimus moussoni L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
