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Phortion Preston, 1910
996028 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:996028)
accepted
Genus
Helix menkeana L. Pfeiffer, 1842 accepted as Phortion menkeanum (L. Pfeiffer, 1842) (type by typification of replaced name)
Helix (Phasis) Albers, 1850 · unaccepted (junior homonym)
Phasis Albers, 1850 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Phasis...)
invalid: junior homonym of Phasis Hübner, 1819 [Lepidoptera]; Phortion Preston, 1910 is a replacement name.
Trachycystis (Phortion) Preston, 1910 · unaccepted
- Species Phortion barnardi (Connolly, 1939)
- Species Phortion cancellatum (Connolly, 1925)
- Species Phortion gillianum (Connolly, 1939)
- Species Phortion hartvigianum (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
- Species Phortion lightfootianum (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1909)
- Species Phortion menkeanum (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)
- Species Phortion occidentale van Bruggen, 1982 †
- Species Phortion oconnori (Preston, 1912)
- Species Phortion ariel Preston, 1910 accepted as Psichion ariel (Preston, 1910) (original combination)
- Species Phortion occidentalis van Bruggen, 1982 † accepted as Phortion occidentale van Bruggen, 1982 † (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
neuter
Preston, H. B. (1910). Additions to the non-marine molluscan fauna of British and German East Africa and Lake Albert Edward. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 6 (35): 526-536, pl. 7-9. London. [1 November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18619767
page(s): 531 [details]
page(s): 531 [details]
Nomenclature Replacement name for Helix (Phasis) Albers, 1850 non Phasis Hübner, 1819 [Lepidoptera].
Nomenclature Replacement name for Helix (Phasis) Albers, 1850 non Phasis Hübner, 1819 [Lepidoptera]. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Phortion Preston, 1910. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996028 on 2025-09-10
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original description
Preston, H. B. (1910). Additions to the non-marine molluscan fauna of British and German East Africa and Lake Albert Edward. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 6 (35): 526-536, pl. 7-9. London. [1 November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18619767
page(s): 531 [details]
original description (of Helix (Phasis) Albers, 1850) Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. <em>Berlin: Enslin.</em> 262 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11965983
page(s): 92 [details]
status source Schileyko, A. A. (2001). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 7. Endodontidae, Thyrophorellidae, Charopidae. <em>Ruthenica.</em> Supplement 2: 881-1034.
page(s): 908. [details]
page(s): 531 [details]
original description (of Helix (Phasis) Albers, 1850) Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. <em>Berlin: Enslin.</em> 262 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11965983
page(s): 92 [details]
status source Schileyko, A. A. (2001). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 7. Endodontidae, Thyrophorellidae, Charopidae. <em>Ruthenica.</em> Supplement 2: 881-1034.
page(s): 908. [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Replacement name for Helix (Phasis) Albers, 1850 non Phasis Hübner, 1819 [Lepidoptera]. [details]
From editor or global species database
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