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Polygyratia J. E. Gray, 1847
996655 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:996655)
accepted
Genus
Helix polygyrata Born, 1778 accepted as Polygyratia polygyrata (Born, 1778) (type by monotypy)
Helix (Ophiogyra) Albers, 1850 · unaccepted (objective junior synonym)
Ophiogyra Albers, 1850 · unaccepted (objective junior synonym)
Polygyratia (Polygyratia) J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Streptaxis (Polygyratia) J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Polygyratia polygyrata (Born, 1778)
- Subgenus Polygyratia (Polygyratia) J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Polygyratia J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Polygyratia (Polygyratia) charybdis (Mörch, 1852) accepted as Polygyratia polygyrata (Born, 1778) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Polygyratia (Polygyratia) polygyrata (Born, 1778) accepted as Polygyratia polygyrata (Born, 1778) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Polygyratia (Ridleya) Ancey, 1901 accepted as Ridleyconcha Christensen, 2020 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Species Polygyratia (Ridleya) quinquelirata (E. A. Smith, 1890) accepted as Ridleyconcha quinquelirata (E. A. Smith, 1890) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Polygyratia affinis Pilsbry, 1900 accepted as Systrophia affinis (Pilsbry, 1900) (original combination)
- Species Polygyratia charybdis (Mörch, 1852) accepted as Polygyratia polygyrata (Born, 1778) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Polygyratia heligmoida (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) accepted as Systrophia heligmoida (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Polygyratia reyrei (Souverbie, 1858) accepted as Entodina reyrei (Souverbie, 1858) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Polygyratia sargenti Pilsbry, 1900 accepted as Systrophia sargenti (Pilsbry, 1900) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Polygyratia stenostrepta (L. Pfeiffer, 1857) accepted as Systrophia stenostrepta (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
feminine
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 173 [details]
page(s): 173 [details]
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original description
Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 173 [details]
original description (of Helix (Ophiogyra) 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): 90 [details]
taxonomy source Salvador, B. R.; Cavallari, D. C. (2020). Taxonomy and distribution of enigmatic “helicoid” Polygyratia Gray, 1847 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 96(1): 91-101., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.96.51047 [details]
basis of record Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. <em>PeerJ.</em> 5, e3065., available online at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5354113/#
page(s): 121 [details]
additional source Roosen, M. T.; Salvador, R. B.; Breure, A. S. (2025). Revision of the genera of Scolodontidae, part 3: Entodina Ancey, 1887, Keranella gen. nov., Martinella Jousseaume, 1887, †Patagocharopa Miquel & P.E. Rodriguez, 2016, Polygyratia Gray, 1847, Ridleyconcha Christensen, 2020, Smenodonta gen. nov., Systrophia L. Pfeiffer, 1855, and Zilchistrophia Weyrauch, 1960. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 45(3): 430-449., available online at https://doi.org/10.61733/jconch/4536
page(s): 437 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 173 [details]
original description (of Helix (Ophiogyra) 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): 90 [details]
taxonomy source Salvador, B. R.; Cavallari, D. C. (2020). Taxonomy and distribution of enigmatic “helicoid” Polygyratia Gray, 1847 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 96(1): 91-101., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.96.51047 [details]
basis of record Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. <em>PeerJ.</em> 5, e3065., available online at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5354113/#
page(s): 121 [details]
additional source Roosen, M. T.; Salvador, R. B.; Breure, A. S. (2025). Revision of the genera of Scolodontidae, part 3: Entodina Ancey, 1887, Keranella gen. nov., Martinella Jousseaume, 1887, †Patagocharopa Miquel & P.E. Rodriguez, 2016, Polygyratia Gray, 1847, Ridleyconcha Christensen, 2020, Smenodonta gen. nov., Systrophia L. Pfeiffer, 1855, and Zilchistrophia Weyrauch, 1960. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 45(3): 430-449., available online at https://doi.org/10.61733/jconch/4536
page(s): 437 [details] Available for editors
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