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Pleuroxia Ancey, 1887
818486 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:818486)
accepted
Genus
Helix cyrtopleura L. Pfeiffer, 1862 accepted as Pleuroxia cyrtopleura (L. Pfeiffer, 1862) (type by typification of replaced name)
Angasella A. Adams, 1864 · unaccepted (not used after 1899 as...)
not used after 1899 as erroneously considered a homonym of Angasiella Crosse, 1864
Gantomia Iredale, 1939 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Pleuroxia abstans Iredale, 1939
- Species Pleuroxia carmeena Solem, 1993
- Species Pleuroxia cyrtopleura (L. Pfeiffer, 1862)
- Species Pleuroxia everardensis (Bednall, 1892)
- Species Pleuroxia italowiana Solem, 1992
- Species Pleuroxia khiefati Dharma, 2025
- Species Pleuroxia phillipsiana (Angas, 1873)
- Species Pleuroxia adcockiana (Bednall, 1894) accepted as Granulomelon adcockianum (Bednall, 1894)
- Species Pleuroxia bethana Solem, 1997 accepted as Basedowena bethana (Solem, 1997) (original combination)
- Species Pleuroxia commenta Iredale, 1939 accepted as Basedowena polypleura (Tate, 1899) (junior synonym)
- Species Pleuroxia cooperi Cotton, 1939 accepted as Pleuroxia phillipsiana (Angas, 1873) (junior synonym)
- Species Pleuroxia elfina Iredale, 1939 accepted as Basedowena elfina (Iredale, 1939)
- Species Pleuroxia hinsbyi (Gude, 1916) accepted as Basedowena hinsbyi (Gude, 1916) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pleuroxia mawsoni Iredale, 1937 accepted as Cooperconcha mawsoni (Iredale, 1937) (original combination)
- Species Pleuroxia musga Iredale, 1937 accepted as Tatemelon musgum (Iredale, 1937) (original combination)
- Species Pleuroxia oligopleura (Tate, 1894) accepted as Basedowena oligopleura (Tate, 1894)
- Species Pleuroxia polypleura (Tate, 1899) accepted as Basedowena polypleura (Tate, 1899)
- Species Pleuroxia radiata (Hedley, 1905) accepted as Basedowena radiata (Hedley, 1905)
- Species Pleuroxia ruga Cotton, 1953 accepted as Strepsitaurus rugus (Cotton, 1953) (original combination)
- Species Pleuroxia truca Iredale, 1937 accepted as Granulomelon adcockianum (Bednall, 1894) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
feminine
Ancey, C. F. (1887). Description of new genera or subgenera of Helicidæ. <em>The Conchologists' Exchange.</em> 1(9-10): 53-54 [30 April]; 1(11): 64 [May]; 1(12): 75-76 [28 June]; 2(2):22-23 [August]; 2(3): 38-39 [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28528881
page(s): 38; note: Unnecessary nom. nov. pro Angasella Angas, 1864 [April], by Ancey considered as a junior homonym of Angasiella Crosse, 1864 [January]. The two names are not homonyms. As the name Angasella has remaine...
[details]
(of Angasella A. Adams, 1864) Angas, G. F. (1864). On the land-shells of South Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1863): 519-529., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681885
page(s): 521 [details]
page(s): 38; note: Unnecessary nom. nov. pro Angasella Angas, 1864 [April], by Ancey considered as a junior homonym of Angasiella Crosse, 1864 [January]. The two names are not homonyms. As the name Angasella has remaine...
Unnecessary nom. nov. pro Angasella Angas, 1864 [April], by Ancey considered as a junior homonym of Angasiella Crosse, 1864 [January]. The two names are not homonyms. As the name Angasella has remained unused after 1899, whereas Pleuroxia is a much used name, Art. 23.9 probably applies.
(of Angasella A. Adams, 1864) Angas, G. F. (1864). On the land-shells of South Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1863): 519-529., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681885
page(s): 521 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pleuroxia Ancey, 1887. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818486 on 2025-09-10
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original description
Ancey, C. F. (1887). Description of new genera or subgenera of Helicidæ. <em>The Conchologists' Exchange.</em> 1(9-10): 53-54 [30 April]; 1(11): 64 [May]; 1(12): 75-76 [28 June]; 2(2):22-23 [August]; 2(3): 38-39 [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28528881
page(s): 38; note: Unnecessary nom. nov. pro Angasella Angas, 1864 [April], by Ancey considered as a junior homonym of Angasiella Crosse, 1864 [January]. The two names are not homonyms. As the name Angasella has remaine...
[details]
original description (of Gantomia Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). A review of the land Mollusca of Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 2(1): 1-88, pls 1-5 [1 August 1939]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52874267
page(s): 55 [details]
original description (of Angasella A. Adams, 1864) Angas, G. F. (1864). On the land-shells of South Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1863): 519-529., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681885
page(s): 521 [details]
basis of record OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database. , available online at http://clade.ansp.org/obis/ [details]
page(s): 38; note: Unnecessary nom. nov. pro Angasella Angas, 1864 [April], by Ancey considered as a junior homonym of Angasiella Crosse, 1864 [January]. The two names are not homonyms. As the name Angasella has remaine...
Unnecessary nom. nov. pro Angasella Angas, 1864 [April], by Ancey considered as a junior homonym of Angasiella Crosse, 1864 [January]. The two names are not homonyms. As the name Angasella has remained unused after 1899, whereas Pleuroxia is a much used name, Art. 23.9 probably applies.
original description (of Gantomia Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). A review of the land Mollusca of Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 2(1): 1-88, pls 1-5 [1 August 1939]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52874267
page(s): 55 [details]
original description (of Angasella A. Adams, 1864) Angas, G. F. (1864). On the land-shells of South Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1863): 519-529., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681885
page(s): 521 [details]
basis of record OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database. , available online at http://clade.ansp.org/obis/ [details]
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