MolluscaBase taxon details
Chilonopsis blofeldi (Forbes, 1852)
1828619 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1828619)
accepted
Species
Bulimus blofeldi Forbes, 1852 · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Bulimus blofeldi 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. 2 [details]
page(s): 198, pl. 5 fig. 2 [details]
Type locality contained in St. Helena
type locality contained in St. Helena [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chilonopsis blofeldi (Forbes, 1852). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1828619 on 2025-09-11
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
original description
(of Bulimus blofeldi 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. 2 [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): 194, figs 4c, 9a–c [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 198, pl. 5 fig. 2 [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): 194, figs 4c, 9a–c [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Extinction Recently Extinct. [details]
