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Kerkophorus Godwin-Austen, 1912

989901  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:989901)

  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. Kerkophorus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Sheldonia (Andrarion) Godwin-Austen, 1912 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sheldonia (Kerkophorus) Godwin-Austen, 1912 · unaccepted (distinct genus)

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  1. Species Kerkophorus ampliatus (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899)
  2. Species Kerkophorus bicolor Godwin-Austen, 1914
  3. Species Kerkophorus cingulatus (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1890)
  4. Species Kerkophorus corneus (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
  5. Species Kerkophorus inunctus (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899)
  6. Species Kerkophorus knysnaensis (Preston, 1912)
  7. Species Kerkophorus melvilli Godwin-Austen, 1912
  8. Species Kerkophorus perfragilis Connolly, 1922
  9. Species Kerkophorus perlevis (Preston, 1912)
  10. Species Kerkophorus phaedimus (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892)
  11. Species Kerkophorus piperatus D. G. Herbert, 2017
  12. Species Kerkophorus poeppigii (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
  13. Species Kerkophorus puzeyi (Connolly, 1939)
  14. Species Kerkophorus russofulgens (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1909)
  15. Species Kerkophorus scrobicolus D. G. Herbert, 2017
  16. Species Kerkophorus terrestris D. G. Herbert, 2017
  17. Species Kerkophorus vandenbroeckii (Craven, 1881)
  18. Species Kerkophorus vitalis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1908)
  19. Species Kerkophorus vittarubra D. G. Herbert, 2017
  20. Species Kerkophorus zonamydrus (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1890)
  21. Species Kerkophorus burnupi Godwin-Austen, 1914 accepted as Microkerkus burnupi (Godwin-Austen, 1914) (original combination)
  22. Species Kerkophorus leucospira (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) accepted as Microkerkus leucospira (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  23. Species Kerkophorus orientalis Godwin-Austen, 1914 accepted as Kerkophorus perlevis (Preston, 1912) (synonym)
  24. Species Kerkophorus stellatus Godwin-Austen, 1914 accepted as Kerkophorus inunctus (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899) (synonym)
  25. Species Kerkophorus subcorneus (Preston, 1909) accepted as Kerkophorus natalensis (Krauss, 1848) (synonym)
  26. Species Kerkophorus tongaatensis Godwin-Austen, 1914 accepted as Kerkophorus ampliatus (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899) (junior synonym)
  27. Subgenus Kerkophorus (Andrarion) Godwin-Austen, 1912 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    1. Species Kerkophorus (Andrarion) pumilio (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1909) represented as Kerkophorus pumilio (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1909)
  28. Species Kerkophorus natalensis (Krauss, 1848) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  29. Species Kerkophorus pumilio (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1909) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  30. Species Kerkophorus warreni (Connolly, 1939) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1912). A review of the South-African land-Mollusca belonging to the family Zonitidae [Part I]. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 9 (49): 122-139, pls 1-7. London [1 January]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18638879
page(s): 127 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Kerkophorus Godwin-Austen, 1912. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=989901 on 2025-09-11
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2017-04-15 04:40:40Z
created
Bouchet, Philippe
2017-06-19 12:44:39Z
changed
Bank, Ruud
2018-05-29 16:23:09Z
changed
Herbert, David
2019-08-21 08:41:52Z
changed
Herbert, David

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original description Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1912). A review of the South-African land-Mollusca belonging to the family Zonitidae [Part I]. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 9 (49): 122-139, pls 1-7. London [1 January]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18638879
page(s): 127 [details] 

original description (of Andrarion Godwin-Austen, 1912) Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1912). A review of the South-African land-Mollusca belonging to the family Zonitidae – Part II. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 9 (53): 569-585, pl. 12-17. London [1 May]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639326
page(s): 582. [details] 

additional source Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1912). A review of the South-African land-Mollusca belonging to the family Zonitidae – Part II. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 9 (53): 569-585, pl. 12-17. London [1 May]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639326
page(s): 570 [details] 

status 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] 
 
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