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Chilonopsis aurisvulpina (Holten, 1802)
1828493 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1828493)
accepted
Species
Bulimus (Pachyotus) alopecotis H. Beck, 1838 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Bulimus aurismuris Shuttleworth, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Bulimus aurismuris Moricand, 1837; Bulimus aurismyoxi is a replacement name
Bulimus aurismyoxi Shuttleworth, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus aurisvulpina (Holten, 1802) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bulimus aurisvulpina var. obliteratus Wollaston, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus aurisvulpina var. subspiralis Wollaston, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus darvinianus Forbes, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus relegatus W. H. Benson, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chilonopsis nonpareil (G. Perry, 1811) · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Chilonopsis sulcata Fischer von Waldheim, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania nonpareil G. Perry, 1811 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Voluta aurisvulpina Holten, 1802 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Voluta aurisvulpina Holten, 1802) Holten, H. S. 1802. Enumeratio systematica conchyliorum beat J. H. Chemnitzii quondam ecclesiae Zebaothi Havniae pastoris, plurim societum sodialis p. p. quae publica auctione venduntur die 7me Decembris ano pres. Copenhagen: K. H. Scidelini. vi + 88 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46195957
page(s): 45; note: as Voluta auris-vulpina [details]
page(s): 45; note: as Voluta auris-vulpina [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chilonopsis aurisvulpina (Holten, 1802). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1828493 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Melania nonpareil G. Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): Plate XXIX, Fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Bulimus relegatus W. H. Benson, 1851) Benson, W. H. (1851). Descriptions of new land shells from St. Helena, Ceylon, and China. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 2.</em> 7(40): 262-266., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13787854
page(s): 264 [details]
original description (of Bulimus aurismuris Shuttleworth, 1852) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1852). Diagnosen neuer Mollusken. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern.</em> 1852 (248-249): 193-208., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11568289
page(s): 200 [details]
original description (of Bulimus aurismyoxi Shuttleworth, 1852) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1852). Diagnosen neuer Mollusken. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern.</em> 1852 (260/261): 289-304. Bern.
page(s): 289; note: nom. nov. pro Bulimus aurismuris Shuttleworth not Moricand [details]
original description (of Chilonopsis sulcata Fischer von Waldheim, 1848) Fischer von Waldheim, G. (1848). Chilonopsis novum genus testarum e familia helicum icone et descriptione illustratum. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 21 (1): 233-236., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34377789 [details]
original description (of Voluta aurisvulpina Holten, 1802) Holten, H. S. 1802. Enumeratio systematica conchyliorum beat J. H. Chemnitzii quondam ecclesiae Zebaothi Havniae pastoris, plurim societum sodialis p. p. quae publica auctione venduntur die 7me Decembris ano pres. Copenhagen: K. H. Scidelini. vi + 88 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46195957
page(s): 45; note: as Voluta auris-vulpina [details]
original description (of Bulimus (Pachyotus) alopecotis H. Beck, 1838) Beck, H. (1837-1838). <i>Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici</i>. 124 pp. Hafniae [Copenhagen]. Pp. 1-100 [1837]; 101-124 [1838]; Appendix: 1-8 [June 1837]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058074
page(s): 56 [details]
original description (of Bulimus darvinianus Forbes, 1852) Forbes, E. (1852). On the extinct land-shells of St. Helena. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society.</em> 8: 197-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35461205
page(s): 198, pl. 5 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Bulimus aurisvulpina var. subspiralis Wollaston, 1878) Wollaston, T.V. (1878). Testacea Atlantica or the land and freshwater shells of the Azores, Madeiras, Salvages, Canaries, Cape Verdes, and Saint Helena. i-xi, [1], 1-588, 1-16. London. (Reeve)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18928631
page(s): 547 [details]
original description (of Bulimus aurisvulpina var. obliteratus Wollaston, 1878) Wollaston, T.V. (1878). Testacea Atlantica or the land and freshwater shells of the Azores, Madeiras, Salvages, Canaries, Cape Verdes, and Saint Helena. i-xi, [1], 1-588, 1-16. London. (Reeve)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18928631
page(s): 547 [details]
basis of record Gerlach, J.; Griffiths, O.; Hume, J. P.; Louchart, A.; Sorrel, P.; Cairns-Wicks, R. (2025). Diversity of the extinct land snail genus <i>Chilonopsis</i> of St Helena (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Achatinidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 1007: 176-210., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1007.3007
page(s): 184, figs 4a, 5–6, 7a–b [details] Available for editors
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page(s): Plate XXIX, Fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Bulimus relegatus W. H. Benson, 1851) Benson, W. H. (1851). Descriptions of new land shells from St. Helena, Ceylon, and China. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 2.</em> 7(40): 262-266., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13787854
page(s): 264 [details]
original description (of Bulimus aurismuris Shuttleworth, 1852) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1852). Diagnosen neuer Mollusken. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern.</em> 1852 (248-249): 193-208., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11568289
page(s): 200 [details]
original description (of Bulimus aurismyoxi Shuttleworth, 1852) Shuttleworth, R. J. (1852). Diagnosen neuer Mollusken. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern.</em> 1852 (260/261): 289-304. Bern.
page(s): 289; note: nom. nov. pro Bulimus aurismuris Shuttleworth not Moricand [details]
original description (of Chilonopsis sulcata Fischer von Waldheim, 1848) Fischer von Waldheim, G. (1848). Chilonopsis novum genus testarum e familia helicum icone et descriptione illustratum. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 21 (1): 233-236., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34377789 [details]
original description (of Voluta aurisvulpina Holten, 1802) Holten, H. S. 1802. Enumeratio systematica conchyliorum beat J. H. Chemnitzii quondam ecclesiae Zebaothi Havniae pastoris, plurim societum sodialis p. p. quae publica auctione venduntur die 7me Decembris ano pres. Copenhagen: K. H. Scidelini. vi + 88 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46195957
page(s): 45; note: as Voluta auris-vulpina [details]
original description (of Bulimus (Pachyotus) alopecotis H. Beck, 1838) Beck, H. (1837-1838). <i>Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici</i>. 124 pp. Hafniae [Copenhagen]. Pp. 1-100 [1837]; 101-124 [1838]; Appendix: 1-8 [June 1837]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058074
page(s): 56 [details]
original description (of Bulimus darvinianus Forbes, 1852) Forbes, E. (1852). On the extinct land-shells of St. Helena. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society.</em> 8: 197-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35461205
page(s): 198, pl. 5 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Bulimus aurisvulpina var. subspiralis Wollaston, 1878) Wollaston, T.V. (1878). Testacea Atlantica or the land and freshwater shells of the Azores, Madeiras, Salvages, Canaries, Cape Verdes, and Saint Helena. i-xi, [1], 1-588, 1-16. London. (Reeve)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18928631
page(s): 547 [details]
original description (of Bulimus aurisvulpina var. obliteratus Wollaston, 1878) Wollaston, T.V. (1878). Testacea Atlantica or the land and freshwater shells of the Azores, Madeiras, Salvages, Canaries, Cape Verdes, and Saint Helena. i-xi, [1], 1-588, 1-16. London. (Reeve)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18928631
page(s): 547 [details]
basis of record Gerlach, J.; Griffiths, O.; Hume, J. P.; Louchart, A.; Sorrel, P.; Cairns-Wicks, R. (2025). Diversity of the extinct land snail genus <i>Chilonopsis</i> of St Helena (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Achatinidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 1007: 176-210., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1007.3007
page(s): 184, figs 4a, 5–6, 7a–b [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Extinction Recently Extinct. [details]
To GB Mollusca Types (Bulimus relegatus W.H. Benson, 1851; Syntype(s); UMZC I.105005) (from synonym Bulimus relegatus W. H. Benson, 1851)
To IUCN Red List (Extinct) (from synonym Chilonopsis nonpareil (G. Perry, 1811))
To IUCN Red List (Extinct) (from synonym Chilonopsis nonpareil (G. Perry, 1811))
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
