MolluscaBase name details
Thysanota elegans Preston, 1909
868409 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:868409)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Preston, H. B. (1909). Description of new land and marine shells from Ceylon and S. India. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 3(2): 133-140; 3(3): pl. 22. Calcutta. [June and October, respectively]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11129993
page(s): 135, pl. 22, fig. 19 [details]
page(s): 135, pl. 22, fig. 19 [details]
Type locality contained in Sri Lanka
type locality contained in Sri Lanka [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Thysanota elegans Preston, 1909. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=868409 on 2025-09-12
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Preston, H. B. (1909). Description of new land and marine shells from Ceylon and S. India. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 3(2): 133-140; 3(3): pl. 22. Calcutta. [June and October, respectively]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11129993
page(s): 135, pl. 22, fig. 19 [details]
additional source Naggs, F. & Raheem, D. (2000). Land snail diversity in Sri Lanka. An illustrated guide prepared for the launch of the Darwin Initiative programme. Photography by Harold Taylor. The Natural History Museum, London. pages i-xiii, 1-203. 246 coloured plates. ISBN 0565091514 (printed version), ISBN 0565091565 (compact disc)., available online at https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/tropical-land-snails/taxa.dsml [details]
source of synonymy Vermeulen J.J., Liew T.S. & Schilthuizen M. (2015). Additions to the knowledge of the land snails of Sabah (Malaysia, Borneo), including 48 new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 531: 1-139., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/6097/ [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 135, pl. 22, fig. 19 [details]
additional source Naggs, F. & Raheem, D. (2000). Land snail diversity in Sri Lanka. An illustrated guide prepared for the launch of the Darwin Initiative programme. Photography by Harold Taylor. The Natural History Museum, London. pages i-xiii, 1-203. 246 coloured plates. ISBN 0565091514 (printed version), ISBN 0565091565 (compact disc)., available online at https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/tropical-land-snails/taxa.dsml [details]
source of synonymy Vermeulen J.J., Liew T.S. & Schilthuizen M. (2015). Additions to the knowledge of the land snails of Sabah (Malaysia, Borneo), including 48 new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 531: 1-139., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/6097/ [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
