MolluscaBase taxon details
Glyptophysa variabilis (J. E. Gray, 1843)
821106 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:821106)
accepted
Species
Glyptophysa (Glyptophysa) variabilis (J. E. Gray, 1843) · alternative representation
Isidora lirata (Tenison Woods, 1879) · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Isidora lirata conferta Suter, 1905 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Physa (Ameria) moesta H. Adams, 1861 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Physa antipodea G. B. Sowerby II, 1873 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Physa coromandelica Dunker, 1862 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Physa guyonensis Tenison Woods, 1879 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Physa hochstetteri Dunker, 1862 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Physa lirata Tenison Woods, 1879 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Physa moesta H. Adams, 1861 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Physa novaezelandiae G. B. Sowerby II, 1873 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Physa tabulata A. Gould, 1847 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Physa variabilis J. E. Gray, 1843 · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Physa variabilis J. E. Gray, 1843) Gray, J. E. (1843). Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species. In: Dieffenbach, E. <i>Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country</i>, vol. 2: 228-265. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20759972
page(s): 248 [details]
page(s): 248 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand
type locality contained in New Zealand (origin: native - endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Glyptophysa variabilis (J. E. Gray, 1843). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=821106 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Isidora lirata conferta Suter, 1905) Suter, H. (1905). Revision of the New Zealand species of the genus Isidora, with description of a new subspecies. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 37: 267–276.</em>
page(s): 275 [details]
original description (of Physa variabilis J. E. Gray, 1843) Gray, J. E. (1843). Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species. In: Dieffenbach, E. <i>Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country</i>, vol. 2: 228-265. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20759972
page(s): 248 [details]
original description (of Physa tabulata A. Gould, 1847) Gould, A. A. (1847). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 196-198, 200-203, 204-208 [March]; 209, 210-212, 214-215, 222-224 [June]; 225, 237-239 [July]; 251-252 [December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490880
page(s): 214 [details]
original description (of Physa hochstetteri Dunker, 1862) Dunker, W. (1862). Beschreibungen einiger von Herrn Dr. v. Hochstetter auf Neuseeland gesammelten Süsswasser-Mollusken. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 8: 150–154., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919963
page(s): 150 [details]
original description (of Physa coromandelica Dunker, 1862) Dunker, W. (1862). Beschreibungen einiger von Herrn Dr. v. Hochstetter auf Neuseeland gesammelten Süsswasser-Mollusken. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 8: 150–154., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919963
page(s): 150 [details]
original description (of Physa novaezelandiae G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1873-1874). Monograph of the genus <i>Physa</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 19, pls 1-12 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve, London. [publication dates: pls. 2-7, Feb. 1873; 8-10, Apr. 1873; 1, 11, 12, Nov. 1874]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8218229
page(s): sp. 29 [details]
original description (of Physa antipodea G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1873-1874). Monograph of the genus <i>Physa</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 19, pls 1-12 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve, London. [publication dates: pls. 2-7, Feb. 1873; 8-10, Apr. 1873; 1, 11, 12, Nov. 1874]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8218229
page(s): pl. 5, sp. 37 [details]
original description (of Physa lirata Tenison Woods, 1879) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1879). On some freshwater shells from New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 3: 135–139.
page(s): 138 [details]
original description (of Physa guyonensis Tenison Woods, 1879) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1879). On some freshwater shells from New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 3: 135–139.
page(s): 138 [details]
original description (of Physa (Ameria) moesta H. Adams, 1861) Adams, H. (1861). Descriptions of a new genus and some new species of shells from the collection of Hugh Cumings, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1861) 29: 143-145., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672665
page(s): 144. [details]
basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
page(s): 275 [details]
original description (of Physa variabilis J. E. Gray, 1843) Gray, J. E. (1843). Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species. In: Dieffenbach, E. <i>Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country</i>, vol. 2: 228-265. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20759972
page(s): 248 [details]
original description (of Physa tabulata A. Gould, 1847) Gould, A. A. (1847). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 196-198, 200-203, 204-208 [March]; 209, 210-212, 214-215, 222-224 [June]; 225, 237-239 [July]; 251-252 [December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490880
page(s): 214 [details]
original description (of Physa hochstetteri Dunker, 1862) Dunker, W. (1862). Beschreibungen einiger von Herrn Dr. v. Hochstetter auf Neuseeland gesammelten Süsswasser-Mollusken. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 8: 150–154., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919963
page(s): 150 [details]
original description (of Physa coromandelica Dunker, 1862) Dunker, W. (1862). Beschreibungen einiger von Herrn Dr. v. Hochstetter auf Neuseeland gesammelten Süsswasser-Mollusken. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 8: 150–154., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919963
page(s): 150 [details]
original description (of Physa novaezelandiae G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1873-1874). Monograph of the genus <i>Physa</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 19, pls 1-12 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve, London. [publication dates: pls. 2-7, Feb. 1873; 8-10, Apr. 1873; 1, 11, 12, Nov. 1874]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8218229
page(s): sp. 29 [details]
original description (of Physa antipodea G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1873-1874). Monograph of the genus <i>Physa</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 19, pls 1-12 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve, London. [publication dates: pls. 2-7, Feb. 1873; 8-10, Apr. 1873; 1, 11, 12, Nov. 1874]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8218229
page(s): pl. 5, sp. 37 [details]
original description (of Physa lirata Tenison Woods, 1879) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1879). On some freshwater shells from New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 3: 135–139.
page(s): 138 [details]
original description (of Physa guyonensis Tenison Woods, 1879) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1879). On some freshwater shells from New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 3: 135–139.
page(s): 138 [details]
original description (of Physa (Ameria) moesta H. Adams, 1861) Adams, H. (1861). Descriptions of a new genus and some new species of shells from the collection of Hugh Cumings, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1861) 29: 143-145., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672665
page(s): 144. [details]
basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
