MolluscaBase name details
Luquillia Crosse, 1892
996704 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:996704)
unaccepted
Genus
Polydontes imperator Montfort, 1810 (type by typification of replaced name)
feminine
Crosse, H. (1892). Fauna malacologique terrestre et fluviatile de l'ile de Portorico. <em>Journal de Conchliologie, series 3.</em> 40: 5-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25234339
page(s): 19 [details]
page(s): 19 [details]
Nomenclature Established as a unnecessary substitute name for Polydontes Montfort and therefore the type species of Polydontes is also...
Nomenclature Established as a unnecessary substitute name for Polydontes Montfort and therefore the type species of Polydontes is also the type species of Luquillia. However, Crosse established Luquillia for Helix luquillensis Shuttleworth, 1854. Both names are in current use, with different taxonomical extensions. Status clarification needed [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Luquillia Crosse, 1892. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996704 on 2025-09-10
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Crosse, H. (1892). Fauna malacologique terrestre et fluviatile de l'ile de Portorico. <em>Journal de Conchliologie, series 3.</em> 40: 5-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25234339
page(s): 19 [details]
basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
page(s): 19 [details]
basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Established as a unnecessary substitute name for Polydontes Montfort and therefore the type species of Polydontes is also the type species of Luquillia. However, Crosse established Luquillia for Helix luquillensis Shuttleworth, 1854. Both names are in current use, with different taxonomical extensions. Status clarification needed [details]
