MolluscaBase name details
Massaihelix Germain, 1913
998959 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:998959)
unaccepted (Prositala Germain, 1915 given precedence ICZN Opinion 2081)
Genus
Helix butumbiana E. von Martens, 1895 accepted as Prositala butumbiana (E. von Martens, 1895) (type by monotypy)
feminine
Germain, L. (1913). Contributions à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique Ḗquatoriale. XXXIX. Un nouveau genre d'Helicidae de l'Est Africain. <em>Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 19(6): 349–352., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5052150 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Massaihelix Germain, 1913. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=998959 on 2025-09-11
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Germain, L. (1913). Contributions à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique Ḗquatoriale. XXXIX. Un nouveau genre d'Helicidae de l'Est Africain. <em>Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 19(6): 349–352., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5052150 [details]
basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
source of synonymy International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. (2004). Case 3248. Prositala Germain, 1915 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): Given Precedence Over Massaihelix Germain, 1913. <em>Bulletin of zoological nomenclature.</em> 61: 184-185., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34353889 [details]
basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
source of synonymy International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. (2004). Case 3248. Prositala Germain, 1915 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): Given Precedence Over Massaihelix Germain, 1913. <em>Bulletin of zoological nomenclature.</em> 61: 184-185., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34353889 [details]
