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Sheldonia Ancey, 1887

888206  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:888206)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Tectipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Eupulmonata (Superorder)
  9. Stylommatophora (Order)
  10. Helicina (Suborder)
  11. Limacoidei (Infraorder)
  12. Helicarionoidea (Superfamily)
  13. Urocyclidae (Family)
  14. Sheldoniinae (Subfamily)
  15. Sheldonia (Genus)
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  1. Species Sheldonia aloicola (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1890)
  2. Species Sheldonia asthenes (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1907)
  3. Species Sheldonia caledonensis (Godwin-Austen, 1912)
  4. Species Sheldonia capsula (W. H. Benson, 1864)
  5. Species Sheldonia cotyledonis (W. H. Benson, 1850)
  6. Species Sheldonia crawfordi (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1890)
  7. Species Sheldonia fingolandensis D. G. Herbert, 2017
  8. Species Sheldonia hudsoniae (W. H. Benson, 1864)
  9. Species Sheldonia monsmaripi D. G. Herbert, 2016
  10. Species Sheldonia natalensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
  11. Species Sheldonia phytostylus (W. H. Benson, 1864)
  12. Species Sheldonia trotteriana (W. H. Benson, 1848)
  13. Species Sheldonia wolkbergensis D. G. Herbert, 2016
  14. Subgenus Sheldonia (Andrarion) Godwin-Austen, 1912 accepted as Kerkophorus Godwin-Austen, 1912 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    1. Species Sheldonia (Andrarion) pumilio (Melvill & Ponsionby, 1909) accepted as Kerkophorus pumilio (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  15. Subgenus Sheldonia (Kerkophorus) Godwin-Austen, 1912 accepted as Kerkophorus Godwin-Austen, 1912 (distinct genus)
    1. Species Sheldonia (Kerkophorus) chrysoprasina (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892) accepted as Microkerkus chrysoprasinus (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    2. Species Sheldonia (Kerkophorus) maseruensis (Connolly, 1929) accepted as Microkerkus maseruensis Connolly, 1929 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    3. Species Sheldonia (Kerkophorus) puzeyi Connolly, 1939 accepted as Kerkophorus puzeyi (Connolly, 1939) (original combination)
    4. Species Sheldonia (Kerkophorus) warreni Connolly, 1939 accepted as Kerkophorus warreni (Connolly, 1939) (basionym)
  16. Species Sheldonia ampliata (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899) accepted as Kerkophorus ampliatus (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899)
  17. Species Sheldonia arnotti (W. H. Benson, 1864) accepted as Microkerkus arnotti (W. H. Benson, 1864)
  18. Species Sheldonia bicolor (Godwin-Austen, 1914) accepted as Kerkophorus bicolor Godwin-Austen, 1914
  19. Species Sheldonia burnupi (Godwin-Austen, 1914) accepted as Microkerkus burnupi (Godwin-Austen, 1914)
  20. Species Sheldonia cancellata Connolly, 1925 accepted as Phortion cancellatum (Connolly, 1925) (original combination)
  21. Species Sheldonia chrysoprasina (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892) accepted as Microkerkus chrysoprasinus (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892)
  22. Species Sheldonia cingulata (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1890) accepted as Kerkophorus cingulatus (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1890)
  23. Species Sheldonia cornea (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) accepted as Kerkophorus corneus (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
  24. Species Sheldonia fuscicolor (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892) accepted as Microkerkus fuscicolor (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892)
  25. Species Sheldonia inuncta (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899) accepted as Kerkophorus inunctus (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899)
  26. Species Sheldonia knysnaensis (Preston, 1912) accepted as Kerkophorus knysnaensis (Preston, 1912) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  27. Species Sheldonia leucospira (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) accepted as Microkerkus leucospira (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  28. Species Sheldonia lightfooti Connolly, 1939 accepted as Sheldonia aloicola (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1890) (synonym)
  29. Species Sheldonia melvilli (Godwin-Austen, 1912) accepted as Kerkophorus melvilli Godwin-Austen, 1912
  30. Species Sheldonia orientalis (Godwin-Austen, 1914) accepted as Kerkophorus perlevis (Preston, 1912)
  31. Species Sheldonia perfragilis (Connolly, 1922) accepted as Kerkophorus perfragilis Connolly, 1922 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  32. Species Sheldonia perlevis (Preston, 1912) accepted as Kerkophorus perlevis (Preston, 1912)
  33. Species Sheldonia phaedima (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892) accepted as Kerkophorus phaedimus (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892)
  34. Species Sheldonia poeppigii (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) accepted as Kerkophorus poeppigii (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
  35. Species Sheldonia pondoensis (Godwin-Austen, 1912) accepted as Microkerkus pondoensis Godwin-Austen, 1912
  36. Species Sheldonia pumilio (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1909) accepted as Kerkophorus pumilio (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  37. Species Sheldonia puzeyi Connolly, 1939 accepted as Kerkophorus puzeyi (Connolly, 1939) (original combination)
  38. Species Sheldonia russofulgens (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1909) accepted as Kerkophorus russofulgens (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1909)
  39. Species Sheldonia stellata (Godwin-Austen, 1914) accepted as Kerkophorus inunctus (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899)
  40. Species Sheldonia subcornea (Preston, 1909) accepted as Kerkophorus natalensis (Krauss, 1848) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  41. Species Sheldonia symmetrica (Craven, 1881) accepted as Microkerkus symmetricus (Craven, 1881)
  42. Species Sheldonia tongaatensis (Godwin-Austen, 1914) accepted as Kerkophorus ampliatus (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899)
  43. Species Sheldonia transvaalensis (Craven, 1881) accepted as Microkerkus transvaalensis (Craven, 1881)
  44. Species Sheldonia vandenbroeckii (Craven, 1881) accepted as Kerkophorus vandenbroeckii (Craven, 1881)
  45. Species Sheldonia vitalis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1908) accepted as Kerkophorus vitalis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1908)
  46. Species Sheldonia warreni Connolly, 1939 accepted as Kerkophorus warreni (Connolly, 1939) (original combination)
  47. Species Sheldonia zonamydra (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1890) accepted as Kerkophorus zonamydrus (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1890)
  48. Species Sheldonia hewitti Connolly, 1929 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  49. Species Sheldonia pellicula (A. Férussac, 1821) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  50. Species Sheldonia planti (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Ancey, C. F. (1887). Description of new genera or subgenera of Helicidæ. <em>The Conchologists' Exchange.</em> 1(9-10): 53-54 [30 April]; 1(11): 64 [May]; 1(12): 75-76 [28 June]; 2(2):22-23 [August]; 2(3): 38-39 [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28528881
page(s): 53 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Sheldonia Ancey, 1887. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888206 on 2025-09-11
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2016-10-18 17:51:16Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2017-06-15 07:03:19Z
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Bank, Ruud
2021-12-30 13:23:54Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Ancey, C. F. (1887). Description of new genera or subgenera of Helicidæ. <em>The Conchologists' Exchange.</em> 1(9-10): 53-54 [30 April]; 1(11): 64 [May]; 1(12): 75-76 [28 June]; 2(2):22-23 [August]; 2(3): 38-39 [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28528881
page(s): 53 [details] 

original description (of Peltatus Godwin-Austen, 1908) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1908). Descriptions of nine terrestrial Mollusca from South Africa. Including anatomical descriptions of two new genera (<i>Afrodonta</i>, M. & P., and <i>Peltatus</i>, G.-A.) by Lt.-Col. H.H. Godwin-Austen, F.R.S. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 1 (2): 129-136, pl. 7-8. London. [1 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295838
page(s): 131 [details] 

basis of record Herbert D. G. (2016). New narrow-range endemic land snails from the sky islands of northern South Africa (Gastropoda: Streptaxidae and Urocyclidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 236: 1-29., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.236 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Herbert D.G. (2017). A new genus and eight new species of tail-wagger snails from eastern South Africa, with a key to genera within <i>Sheldonia</i> s.l. (Gastropoda: Urocyclidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 309: 1-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.309 [details] 

subsequent type designation Connolly, M. (1925). Notes on African non-marine Mollusca, with descriptions of many new species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (9) 15 (88): 457-479, pl. 28. London. [1 April].
page(s): 467 [details] 
 
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