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Pupisoma orcula (W. H. Benson, 1850)
875192 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:875192)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Helix orcula W. H. Benson, 1850 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ptychopatula orcula (W. H. Benson, 1850) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pupisoma philippinicum Möllendorff, 1888 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
(of Helix orcula W. H. Benson, 1850) Benson, W. H. (1850). Characters of new species of <i>Helix</i> from India, Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope; also of a new Mauritian <i>Tornatellina</i>, with remarks on the habits of a Cape <i>Succinea</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 6: 251–256., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16086676
page(s): 251 [details]
page(s): 251 [details]
Type locality contained in India
type locality contained in India [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
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(of Helix orcula W. H. Benson, 1850) Benson, W. H. (1850). Characters of new species of <i>Helix</i> from India, Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope; also of a new Mauritian <i>Tornatellina</i>, with remarks on the habits of a Cape <i>Succinea</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 6: 251–256., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16086676
page(s): 251 [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
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additional source Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1882-1920). <i>Land and freshwater Mollusca of India, including South Arabia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Burmah, Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, and other islands of the Indian Ocean. Supplementary to Messrs. Theobald and Hanley's Conchologia Indica.</i> London, Taylor & Francis. Vol. 1(1): i-iv, 1-18, pls 1-4 [February 1882]; 1(2): 19-66, pls 5-12 [July 1882]; 1(3): 67-94, pls 13-21 [January 1883]; 1(4): pls 22-42 [September 1883], 95-164 [October 1883]; 1(5): pls 43-51 [June 1884], 165-206 [May 1886]; 1(6): pls 52-62 [September 1887], 207-257 [April 1888]. Volume 2(7): 1-46, pls 63-69 [October 1897]; 2(8): 47-86, pls 70-82 [January 1898]; 2(9): 87-146, pls 83-100 [November 1899]; 2(10): 147-238, pls 101-117 [April 1907]; 2(11): 239-310, pls 118-132 [March 1910]; 2(12): 311-442, pls 133-158 [December 1914]. Volume 3(1): 1-65, pls 159-165 [November 1920]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13069144
page(s): vol 2, 301 [details]
additional source Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 412 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
page(s): 26 [details]
additional source Gerlach, J. (2006). Terrestrial and freshwater Mollusca of the Seychelles islands. 1-141.
page(s): 93. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Thompson, F. G. & Dance, S. P. (1983). Non-marine mollusks of Borneo. II Pulmonata: Pupillidae, Clausiliidae. III Prosobranchia: Hydrocenidae, Helicinidae. <em>Bulletin of the Florida State Museum Biological Science.</em> 29 (3): 101-152. Gainesville., available online at https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00095805/00001
page(s): 103 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vermeulen, J. J.; Whitten, A. J. (1998). Guide to the land snails of Bali. 164. Leiden: Backhuys.
page(s): 83, fig. 69. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Yen, T.-C. (1939). Die chinesischen Land- und Süßwasser-Gastropoden des Natur-Museums Senckenberg. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 444: 1-233, pls 1-16.
page(s): 76, plate 6, fig. 45 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
page(s): 87 [details]
additional source Verdcourt, B. (2006). A revised list of the non-marine Mollusca of East Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, excluding Malawi). B. Verdcourt, Maidenhead. Pp. 1–75.
page(s): 16 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Adam, W. (1957). Études sur les mollusques de l'Afrique centrale et des regions voisines 2. Vertiginidae et Valloniidae (addendum). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique - Mededelingen. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen.</em> 33 (38): 1–26., available online at https://new-biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-bulletin-de-linstitut-royal-des-sciences-naturelles-de-belgique-bulletin-van-het-koninklijk-belgisch-instituut-voor-natuurwetenschappen/vo
page(s): 24 [details]
additional source Adam, W. (1954). Études sur les mollusques de l'Afrique centrale et des regions voisines 1. Vertiginidae et Valloniidae. <em>Volume Jubilaire Victor Van Straelen. Tome II. Institut Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 725–817.</em>
page(s): 807 [details]
additional source Ramakrishna, Mitra, S, C. & Dey, A. (2010). Annotated checklist of Indian land molluscs. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 359 pp.</em>
page(s): 124 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Benthem Jutting, W. S. S. van. (1964). Non-marine Mollusca of West New Guinea. <em>Nova Guinea, Zoology.</em> 26: 1-74.
page(s): 6 [details]
additional source Herbert, D. & Kilburn, D. (2004). Field guide to the land snails and slugs of eastern South Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Natal Museum. [v] + 336 pp.
page(s): 114 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Hausdorf, B. (2007). Revision of the American <i>Pupisoma species</i> (Gastropoda: Pupilloidea). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 41(21-24): 1481-1511., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930701401069
page(s): 1489 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 251 [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]additional source Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1882-1920). <i>Land and freshwater Mollusca of India, including South Arabia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Burmah, Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, and other islands of the Indian Ocean. Supplementary to Messrs. Theobald and Hanley's Conchologia Indica.</i> London, Taylor & Francis. Vol. 1(1): i-iv, 1-18, pls 1-4 [February 1882]; 1(2): 19-66, pls 5-12 [July 1882]; 1(3): 67-94, pls 13-21 [January 1883]; 1(4): pls 22-42 [September 1883], 95-164 [October 1883]; 1(5): pls 43-51 [June 1884], 165-206 [May 1886]; 1(6): pls 52-62 [September 1887], 207-257 [April 1888]. Volume 2(7): 1-46, pls 63-69 [October 1897]; 2(8): 47-86, pls 70-82 [January 1898]; 2(9): 87-146, pls 83-100 [November 1899]; 2(10): 147-238, pls 101-117 [April 1907]; 2(11): 239-310, pls 118-132 [March 1910]; 2(12): 311-442, pls 133-158 [December 1914]. Volume 3(1): 1-65, pls 159-165 [November 1920]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13069144
page(s): vol 2, 301 [details]
additional source Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 412 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
page(s): 26 [details]
additional source Gerlach, J. (2006). Terrestrial and freshwater Mollusca of the Seychelles islands. 1-141.
page(s): 93. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Thompson, F. G. & Dance, S. P. (1983). Non-marine mollusks of Borneo. II Pulmonata: Pupillidae, Clausiliidae. III Prosobranchia: Hydrocenidae, Helicinidae. <em>Bulletin of the Florida State Museum Biological Science.</em> 29 (3): 101-152. Gainesville., available online at https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00095805/00001
page(s): 103 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vermeulen, J. J.; Whitten, A. J. (1998). Guide to the land snails of Bali. 164. Leiden: Backhuys.
page(s): 83, fig. 69. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Yen, T.-C. (1939). Die chinesischen Land- und Süßwasser-Gastropoden des Natur-Museums Senckenberg. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 444: 1-233, pls 1-16.
page(s): 76, plate 6, fig. 45 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
page(s): 87 [details]
additional source Verdcourt, B. (2006). A revised list of the non-marine Mollusca of East Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, excluding Malawi). B. Verdcourt, Maidenhead. Pp. 1–75.
page(s): 16 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Adam, W. (1957). Études sur les mollusques de l'Afrique centrale et des regions voisines 2. Vertiginidae et Valloniidae (addendum). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique - Mededelingen. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen.</em> 33 (38): 1–26., available online at https://new-biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-bulletin-de-linstitut-royal-des-sciences-naturelles-de-belgique-bulletin-van-het-koninklijk-belgisch-instituut-voor-natuurwetenschappen/vo
page(s): 24 [details]
additional source Adam, W. (1954). Études sur les mollusques de l'Afrique centrale et des regions voisines 1. Vertiginidae et Valloniidae. <em>Volume Jubilaire Victor Van Straelen. Tome II. Institut Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 725–817.</em>
page(s): 807 [details]
additional source Ramakrishna, Mitra, S, C. & Dey, A. (2010). Annotated checklist of Indian land molluscs. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 359 pp.</em>
page(s): 124 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Benthem Jutting, W. S. S. van. (1964). Non-marine Mollusca of West New Guinea. <em>Nova Guinea, Zoology.</em> 26: 1-74.
page(s): 6 [details]
additional source Herbert, D. & Kilburn, D. (2004). Field guide to the land snails and slugs of eastern South Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Natal Museum. [v] + 336 pp.
page(s): 114 [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Hausdorf, B. (2007). Revision of the American <i>Pupisoma species</i> (Gastropoda: Pupilloidea). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 41(21-24): 1481-1511., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930701401069
page(s): 1489 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | infernal whorl snail | [details] |
