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Bulimus bootis Menke, 1828
863078 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:863078)
unaccepted (junior objective synonym)
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Menke, K. T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. XII + 91 pp. [late in 1828]. Pyrmonti., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13119590
page(s): 14 [details]
page(s): 14 [details]
Taxonomic remark Name established without description, but with reference to the names Helix aurisbovina Férussac, Auricula bovina
Taxonomic remark Name established without description, but with reference to the names Helix aurisbovina Férussac, Auricula bovina
“Lamarck” and Voluta aurismalchi “Gmelin”. The specific epithet bootis is an unjustified emendation of aurisbovina (both meaning “ox ear”, the first from Greek, the second from Latin) and Bulimus bootis is thus, based on the neotype designations above, also an objective synonym of Limax fibratus. Neubert et al. 2009: 53 [details]
“Lamarck” and Voluta aurismalchi “Gmelin”. The specific epithet bootis is an unjustified emendation of aurisbovina (both meaning “ox ear”, the first from Greek, the second from Latin) and Bulimus bootis is thus, based on the neotype designations above, also an objective synonym of Limax fibratus. Neubert et al. 2009: 53 [details]
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Menke, K. T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. XII + 91 pp. [late in 1828]. Pyrmonti., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13119590
page(s): 14 [details]
source of synonymy Neubert, E., Chérel-Mora, C. & Bouchet, P. (2009). Polytypy, clines, and fragmentation: The bulimes of New Caledonia revisited (Pulmonata, Orthalicoidea, Placostylidae). <i>In</i> P. Grancolas (ed.), Zoologia Neocaledonica 7. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 198: 37-131.
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page(s): 14 [details]
source of synonymy Neubert, E., Chérel-Mora, C. & Bouchet, P. (2009). Polytypy, clines, and fragmentation: The bulimes of New Caledonia revisited (Pulmonata, Orthalicoidea, Placostylidae). <i>In</i> P. Grancolas (ed.), Zoologia Neocaledonica 7. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 198: 37-131.
page(s): 50, 53 [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomic remark Name established without description, but with reference to the names Helix aurisbovina Férussac, Auricula bovina“Lamarck” and Voluta aurismalchi “Gmelin”. The specific epithet bootis is an unjustified emendation of aurisbovina (both meaning “ox ear”, the first from Greek, the second from Latin) and Bulimus bootis is thus, based on the neotype designations above, also an objective synonym of Limax fibratus. Neubert et al. 2009: 53 [details]
