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Blanfordia A. Adams, 1863
740255 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:740255)
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Tomichia japonica A. Adams, 1861 accepted as Blanfordia japonica (A. Adams, 1861) (type by subsequent designation)
Blanfordia (Vicina) Pilsbry, 1924 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Blantorbia · unaccepted (misspelling)
Vicinia Pilsbry, 1924 · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling of...)
incorrect subsequent spelling of Vicina Pilsbry, 1924
- Species Blanfordia integra Pilsbry, 1924
- Species Blanfordia japonica (A. Adams, 1861)
- Subgenus Blanfordia (Vicina) Pilsbry, 1924 accepted as Blanfordia A. Adams, 1863 (junior synonym)
- Species Blanfordia bensoni (A. Adams, 1861) accepted as Blanfordia japonica bensoni (A. Adams, 1861) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Blanfordia formosana Pilsbry & Hirase, 1906 accepted as Oncomelania hupensis formosana (Pilsbry & Hirase, 1906) (basionym)
- Species Blanfordia hirasei (Pilsbry, 1900) accepted as Blanfordia bensoni (A. Adams, 1861) accepted as Blanfordia japonica bensoni (A. Adams, 1861) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Blanfordia nosophora (G. C. Robson, 1915) accepted as Oncomelania hupensis nosophora (G. C. Robson, 1915) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Blanfordia pilsbryana Annandale, 1924 accepted as Blanfordia japonica (A. Adams, 1861) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Blanfordia pyrrhostoma J. C. Cox, 1868 accepted as Coxiella pyrrhostoma (J. C. Cox, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Blanfordia simplex Pilsbry, 1902 accepted as Blanfordia japonica simplex Pilsbry, 1902 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Blanfordia stirlingi Tate, 1894 accepted as Coxiella gilesi (Angas, 1877) (junior synonym)
Adams, A. (1863). On a new genus of terrestrial mollusks from Japan. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 12(72): 424-425, pl. 7, figs. 11-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27660147 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Blanfordia A. Adams, 1863. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740255 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Adams, A. (1863). On a new genus of terrestrial mollusks from Japan. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 12(72): 424-425, pl. 7, figs. 11-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27660147 [details]
original description (of Blanfordia (Vicina) Pilsbry, 1924) Pilsbry, H. A. (1924). On some Japanese and land and fresh water mollusks. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 76: 11-13. [June 9].
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Davis, G. M. (1979). The origin and evolution of the gastropod family Pomatiopsidae, with emphasis on the Mekong River Triculinae. <em>Academy of Natural Sciences Monographs.</em> 1-120. (Philadelphia). [details]
original description (of Blanfordia (Vicina) Pilsbry, 1924) Pilsbry, H. A. (1924). On some Japanese and land and fresh water mollusks. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 76: 11-13. [June 9].
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Davis, G. M. (1979). The origin and evolution of the gastropod family Pomatiopsidae, with emphasis on the Mekong River Triculinae. <em>Academy of Natural Sciences Monographs.</em> 1-120. (Philadelphia). [details]
