MolluscaBase - Problitora Wenz, 1939

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Problitora Wenz, 1939

AphiaID

517229 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:517229)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (uncertain synonym)

Accepted name

Alexania Strand, 1928

Rank

Genus

Parent

Epitoniidae S. S. Berry, 1910 (1812)

Original name

Problitora Wenz, 1939

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Species Problitora globula (Angas, 1880) accepted as Alexania globula (Angas, 1880) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Problitora moerchi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) accepted as Alexania moerchi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)

Environment

marine

Original description

Wenz, W. (1938-1944). Gastropoda. Teil 1: Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia. In: Schindewolf, O. H. (Ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6. Bornträger, Berlin, xii + 1639 pp. Lief. 1, pp. 1-240 [March 1938]; 3, pp. 241-480 [October 1938]; 4, pp. 481-720 [July 1939]; 6, pp. 721-960 [August 1940]; 7, pp. 961-1200 [October 1941]; 8, pp. 1201-1506 [October 1943]; 9, pp. 1507-1639, i-xii [August 1944].
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Descriptive notes

Nomenclature The name Problitora is not available from Iredale (1931), who established it without a description.

Nomenclature The name Problitora is not available from Iredale (1931), who established it without a description. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Problitora Wenz, 1939. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517229 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2010-09-10 12:28:10Z

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Tran, Bastien

2011-09-18 08:12:44Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2015-01-21 10:05:42Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2019-08-11 20:38:30Z

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Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Notes (1)

original description Wenz, W. (1938-1944). Gastropoda. Teil 1: Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia. In: Schindewolf, O. H. (Ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6. Bornträger, Berlin, xii + 1639 pp. Lief. 1, pp. 1-240 [March 1938]; 3, pp. 241-480 [October 1938]; 4, pp. 481-720 [July 1939]; 6, pp. 721-960 [August 1940]; 7, pp. 961-1200 [October 1941]; 8, pp. 1201-1506 [October 1943]; 9, pp. 1507-1639, i-xii [August 1944].
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source of synonymy Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3907(1): 1-188., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1 [details] Available for editors

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From editor or global species database

Nomenclature The name Problitora is not available from Iredale (1931), who established it without a description. [details]