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Bulimus fossilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1844
1828615 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1828615)
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(of Cochlogena fossilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1844) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1844). Description of fossil shells. Appendix to Part I, 153–160. In: Darwin, C. R., <i>Geological observations on the volcanic islands, visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832–1836</i>. Smith, Elder and Co., London. i–vii, 1–175. [Reprinted 1851, 1876, 1897]. , available online at https://archive.org/details/geologicalobser01darwgoog/page/n158/mode/1up
page(s): 156 [details]
page(s): 156 [details]
Type locality contained in St. Helena
type locality contained in St. Helena [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bulimus fossilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1844. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1828615 on 2025-09-11
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(of Cochlogena fossilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1844) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1844). Description of fossil shells. Appendix to Part I, 153–160. In: Darwin, C. R., <i>Geological observations on the volcanic islands, visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832–1836</i>. Smith, Elder and Co., London. i–vii, 1–175. [Reprinted 1851, 1876, 1897]. , available online at https://archive.org/details/geologicalobser01darwgoog/page/n158/mode/1up
page(s): 156 [details]
basis of record 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): 199, pl. 5 fig. 4 [details]
source of synonymy 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): 191 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 156 [details]
basis of record 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): 199, pl. 5 fig. 4 [details]
source of synonymy 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): 191 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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