MolluscaBase taxon details
Orobophana pacifica (Pease, 1865)
875154 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:875154)
accepted
Species
Helicina brazieri Pease, 1871 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helicina flavescens Pease, 1868 · unaccepted
Helicina pacifica Pease, 1865 · unaccepted (original combination)
Helicina pisum Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Helicina pisum Philippi, 1847; Helicina tahitensis is a replacement name
Helicina tahitensis Pease, 1871 · unaccepted
(of Helicina pacifica Pease, 1865) Pease, W. H. (1865). Descriptions of new species of Phaneropneumona, inhabiting Polynesia. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(4): 287-291., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16084814
page(s): 291 [details]
page(s): 291 [details]
Type locality contained in Cook Islands
type locality contained in Cook Islands [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Orobophana pacifica (Pease, 1865). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=875154 on 2025-09-10
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
original description
(of Helicina flavescens Pease, 1868) Pease, W. H. (1868). Descriptions of new species of land snails inhabiting Polynesia. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 3(3): 223-230, pl. 15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6658962
page(s): 228, pl. 15, fig. 25 [details]
original description (of Helicina brazieri Pease, 1871) Pease, W. H. (1871). Remarques sur certaines espèces de coquilles terrestres, habitant la Polynésie, et description d'espèces nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 18(4): 393-403 ["1870"; published 22 January 1871]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15160812
page(s): 397-398 [details]
original description (of Helicina tahitensis Pease, 1871) Pease, W. H. (1871). Catalogue of the land-shells inhabiting Polynesia, with remarks on their synonymy, distribution, and variation, and descriptions of new genera and species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1871): 449-477., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554313
page(s): 466 [details]
original description (of Helicina pacifica Pease, 1865) Pease, W. H. (1865). Descriptions of new species of Phaneropneumona, inhabiting Polynesia. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(4): 287-291., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16084814
page(s): 291 [details]
original description (of Helicina pisum Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848) Hombron, J. B. & Jacquinot, H. (1848). Atlas d'Histoire Naturelle. Zoologie par MM. Hombron et Jacquinot, chirurgiens de l'expédition. in: <i>Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840 sous le commandement de M. Dumont-D'Urville capitaine de vaisseau publié sous les auspices du département de la marine et sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de Vaisseau, commandant de La Zélée.</i> Vingt-quatriéme livraison. Insectes lépidoptéres pls 1,2; Mollusques pls 9, 11, 12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43561398
page(s): pl. 11 figs 18-22 [details]
basis of record Brook, F. J. (2010). Coastal landsnail fauna of Rarotonga, Cook Islands: systematics, diversity, biogeography, faunal history, and environmental influences. <em>Tuhinga.</em> 21: 161-252. [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Gerlach, J. ([2017]). <i>Land and freshwater snails of Tahiti and the other Society Islands.</i> Cambridge: Phelsuma Press. 67 pp.
page(s): 8 [details]
page(s): 228, pl. 15, fig. 25 [details]
original description (of Helicina brazieri Pease, 1871) Pease, W. H. (1871). Remarques sur certaines espèces de coquilles terrestres, habitant la Polynésie, et description d'espèces nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 18(4): 393-403 ["1870"; published 22 January 1871]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15160812
page(s): 397-398 [details]
original description (of Helicina tahitensis Pease, 1871) Pease, W. H. (1871). Catalogue of the land-shells inhabiting Polynesia, with remarks on their synonymy, distribution, and variation, and descriptions of new genera and species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1871): 449-477., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554313
page(s): 466 [details]
original description (of Helicina pacifica Pease, 1865) Pease, W. H. (1865). Descriptions of new species of Phaneropneumona, inhabiting Polynesia. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(4): 287-291., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16084814
page(s): 291 [details]
original description (of Helicina pisum Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848) Hombron, J. B. & Jacquinot, H. (1848). Atlas d'Histoire Naturelle. Zoologie par MM. Hombron et Jacquinot, chirurgiens de l'expédition. in: <i>Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840 sous le commandement de M. Dumont-D'Urville capitaine de vaisseau publié sous les auspices du département de la marine et sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de Vaisseau, commandant de La Zélée.</i> Vingt-quatriéme livraison. Insectes lépidoptéres pls 1,2; Mollusques pls 9, 11, 12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43561398
page(s): pl. 11 figs 18-22 [details]
basis of record Brook, F. J. (2010). Coastal landsnail fauna of Rarotonga, Cook Islands: systematics, diversity, biogeography, faunal history, and environmental influences. <em>Tuhinga.</em> 21: 161-252. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Gerlach, J. ([2017]). <i>Land and freshwater snails of Tahiti and the other Society Islands.</i> Cambridge: Phelsuma Press. 67 pp.
page(s): 8 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Helicina flavescens. Pease, 1868. American Journal of Conchology 3 (3): 228-229, pl. 15, fig. 25 - catalog no. 14401) (from synonym Helicina flavescens Pease, 1868)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Helicina pacifica. Pease, 1865. American Journal of Conchology 1 (4): 291, not figured - catalog no. 14443) (from synonym Helicina pacifica Pease, 1865)
To Conchology (Orobophana pacifica cf.)
To Conchology (Orobophana pacifica)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Helicina pacifica. Pease, 1865. American Journal of Conchology 1 (4): 291, not figured - catalog no. 14443) (from synonym Helicina pacifica Pease, 1865)
To Conchology (Orobophana pacifica cf.)
To Conchology (Orobophana pacifica)
