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Chilonopsis subplicata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)
1828622 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1828622)
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Species
Cochlicopa subplicata G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cochlicopa terebellum G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
(of Cochlicopa subplicata 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 [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chilonopsis subplicata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1828622 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Cochlicopa terebellum 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]
original description (of Cochlicopa subplicata 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 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): 200, figs 4g, 7g–h, 10c–d; note: as Chilonopsis subplicatus [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 156 [details]
original description (of Cochlicopa subplicata 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 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): 200, figs 4g, 7g–h, 10c–d; note: as Chilonopsis subplicatus [details] Available for editors





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