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Megalacron I. Rensch, 1934
851521 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:851521)
accepted
Genus
Helix novaegeorgiensis J. C. Cox, 1870 accepted as Megalacron novaegeorgiensis (J. C. Cox, 1870) (type by original designation)
Emiralena Iredale, 1941 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Glomerata I. Rensch, 1934 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix (Pileolus) R. P. Lesson, 1831 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Pileolus G.B. Sowerby I, 1823
Lisprelia Iredale, 1941 · unaccepted (objective junior synonym)
Lullicola Iredale, 1941 · unaccepted
Papuina (Glomerata) I. Rensch, 1934 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Papuina (Megalacron) I. Rensch, 1934 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Papuina (Pinnadena) Iredale, 1941 · unaccepted
Pinnadena Iredale, 1941 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Solmopina Iredale, 1941 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Megalacron abbasi Thach, 2021
- Species Megalacron admiralitatis (I. Rensch, 1931)
- Species Megalacron alfredi (J. C. Cox, 1871)
- Species Megalacron ambrosia (Angas, 1868)
- Species Megalacron bequaerti Clench & R. D. Turner, 1964
- Species Megalacron boivini (Petit de la Saussaye, 1841)
- Species Megalacron boyerii (P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)
- Species Megalacron coniformis (A. Férussac, 1821)
- Species Megalacron coxiana (Angas, 1868)
- Species Megalacron densestriata (Fulton, 1902)
- Species Megalacron isabellae (Jaeckel & Schlesch, 1952)
- Species Megalacron juttingae Clench & R. D. Turner, 1964
- Species Megalacron klaarwateri (I. Rensch, 1931)
- Species Megalacron lambei (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
- Species Megalacron lufensis (Thiele, 1928)
- Species Megalacron macfarlanei (J. C. Cox, 1873)
- Species Megalacron melanesia Clench & R. D. Turner, 1964
- Species Megalacron migratoria (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
- Species Megalacron novaegeorgiensis (J. C. Cox, 1870)
- Species Megalacron parkinsoni Van Goethem, 1984
- Species Megalacron periwonensis (Dell, 1955)
- Species Megalacron phaeostoma (L. Pfeiffer, 1877)
- Species Megalacron sellersi (J. C. Cox, 1872)
- Species Megalacron spadicea (Fulton, 1902)
- Species Megalacron tabarensis (I. Rensch, 1933)
- Species Megalacron tizianoi Delsaerdt, 2016
- Species Megalacron huberi Thach, 2017 accepted as Chloritis khammouanensis Inkhavilay & Panha, 2019 (secondary junior homonym of Chloritis huberi Thach, 2016; Chloritis khammouanensis is a replacement name)
Rensch, I. (1934). Systematische und tiergeographische Untersuchungen über die Landschneckenfauna des Bismarck-Archipels I. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Neue Folgen.</em> 3: 445-488.
page(s): 487 [details]
page(s): 487 [details]
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original description
Rensch, I. (1934). Systematische und tiergeographische Untersuchungen über die Landschneckenfauna des Bismarck-Archipels I. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Neue Folgen.</em> 3: 445-488.
page(s): 487 [details]
original description (of Solmopina Iredale, 1941) Iredale, T. (1941). A basic list of the land Mollusca of Papua. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(1): 51-94, pls. 3-4 [19 December 1941]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39881296
page(s): 84 [details]
original description (of Emiralena Iredale, 1941) Iredale, T. (1941). A basic list of the land Mollusca of Papua. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(1): 51-94, pls. 3-4 [19 December 1941]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39881296
page(s): 84 [details]
original description (of Lisprelia Iredale, 1941) Iredale, T. (1941). A basic list of the land Mollusca of Papua. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(1): 51-94, pls. 3-4 [19 December 1941]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39881296
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Lullicola Iredale, 1941) Iredale, T. (1941). A basic list of the land Mollusca of Papua. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(1): 51-94, pls. 3-4 [19 December 1941]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39881296
page(s): 82 [details]
original description (of Helix (Pileolus) R. P. Lesson, 1831) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): 313 [details]
original description (of Pinnadena Iredale, 1941) Iredale, T. (1941). A basic list of the land Mollusca of Papua. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(1): 51-94, pls. 3-4 [19 December 1941]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39881296
page(s): 84 [details]
original description (of Papuina (Glomerata) I. Rensch, 1934) Rensch, I. (1934). Systematische und tiergeographische Untersuchungen über die Landschneckenfauna des Bismarck-Archipels I. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Neue Folgen.</em> 3: 445-488.
page(s): 486 [details]
basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
basis of record Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1964). Monographs of the genera <i>Megalacron</i> and <i>Rhytidoconcha</i> (Papuininae: Camaenidae). <em>Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia.</em> 1(8): 36-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00852988.1964.10673808 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 487 [details]
original description (of Solmopina Iredale, 1941) Iredale, T. (1941). A basic list of the land Mollusca of Papua. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(1): 51-94, pls. 3-4 [19 December 1941]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39881296
page(s): 84 [details]
original description (of Emiralena Iredale, 1941) Iredale, T. (1941). A basic list of the land Mollusca of Papua. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(1): 51-94, pls. 3-4 [19 December 1941]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39881296
page(s): 84 [details]
original description (of Lisprelia Iredale, 1941) Iredale, T. (1941). A basic list of the land Mollusca of Papua. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(1): 51-94, pls. 3-4 [19 December 1941]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39881296
page(s): 85 [details]
original description (of Lullicola Iredale, 1941) Iredale, T. (1941). A basic list of the land Mollusca of Papua. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(1): 51-94, pls. 3-4 [19 December 1941]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39881296
page(s): 82 [details]
original description (of Helix (Pileolus) R. P. Lesson, 1831) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): 313 [details]
original description (of Pinnadena Iredale, 1941) Iredale, T. (1941). A basic list of the land Mollusca of Papua. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(1): 51-94, pls. 3-4 [19 December 1941]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39881296
page(s): 84 [details]
original description (of Papuina (Glomerata) I. Rensch, 1934) Rensch, I. (1934). Systematische und tiergeographische Untersuchungen über die Landschneckenfauna des Bismarck-Archipels I. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Neue Folgen.</em> 3: 445-488.
page(s): 486 [details]
basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
basis of record Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1964). Monographs of the genera <i>Megalacron</i> and <i>Rhytidoconcha</i> (Papuininae: Camaenidae). <em>Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia.</em> 1(8): 36-71., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00852988.1964.10673808 [details] Available for editors
[request]
