MolluscaBase name details
Oxytes L. Pfeiffer, 1855
999110 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:999110)
unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Oxytes Giebel, 1848 [Pisces], Oxytesta is a replacement name)
Genus
Helix oxytes W. H. Benson, 1836 accepted as Oxytesta oxytes (W. H. Benson, 1836) (type by absolute tautonymy)
Bensonia (Oxytes) L. Pfeiffer, 1855 · unaccepted
- Subgenus Oxytes (Bensonia) L. Pfeiffer, 1855 accepted as Bensonies H. B. Baker, 1938
- Species Oxytes (Bensonia) angelica (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) accepted as Bensonies angelica (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Oxytes (Bensonia) convexa (Reeve, 1852) accepted as Bensonies convexa (Reeve, 1852) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Oxytes (Bensonia) jamuensis (Theobald, 1878) accepted as Bensonies jamuensis (Theobald, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Oxytes (Bensonia) monticola (W. H. Benson, 1838) accepted as Bensonies monticola (W. H. Benson, 1838) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Oxytes aborensis Godwin-Austen, 1918 accepted as Oxytesta aborensis (Godwin-Austen, 1918) (original combination)
- Species Oxytes blanfordi (Theobald, 1859) accepted as Oxytesta blanfordi (Theobald, 1859) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Oxytes castor (Theobald, 1858) accepted as Oxytesta castor (Theobald, 1858) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Oxytes cycloplax (W. H. Benson, 1852) accepted as Oxytesta cycloplax (W. H. Benson, 1852) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Oxytes flyensis Hedley, 1891 accepted as Zagmena flyensis (Hedley, 1891) (original combination)
- Species Oxytes hercules Hedley, 1891 accepted as Zagmena hercules (Hedley, 1891) (original combination)
- Species Oxytes oglei Godwin-Austen, 1918 accepted as Oxytesta oglei (Godwin-Austen, 1918) (original combination)
- Species Oxytes orobia (W. H. Benson, 1848) accepted as Oxytesta orobia (W. H. Benson, 1848) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Oxytes oxytes (W. H. Benson, 1836) accepted as Oxytesta oxytes (W. H. Benson, 1836) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Oxytes pollux (Theobald, 1858) accepted as Oxytesta pollux (Theobald, 1858) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Oxytes sakaya de Morgan, 1886 accepted as Hemiplecta sakaya (de Morgan, 1886) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Oxytes shanensis Godwin-Austen, 1883 accepted as Oxytesta shanensis (Godwin-Austen, 1883) (original combination)
- Species Oxytes siyomensis Godwin-Austen, 1918 accepted as Oxytesta siyomensis (Godwin-Austen, 1918) (original combination)
- Species Oxytes sylvicola W. T. Blanford, 1881 accepted as Oxytesta sylvicola (W. T. Blanford, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Pfeiffer, L. (1855-1856). Versuch einer Anordnung der Heliceen nach natürlichen Gruppen. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 2(3): 112 [≥ September 1855]; 2(4): 113–144 [December 1855]; 2(5) (“1855”): 145–185 [January 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15864853
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MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Oxytes L. Pfeiffer, 1855. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=999110 on 2025-09-10
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Pfeiffer, L. (1855-1856). Versuch einer Anordnung der Heliceen nach natürlichen Gruppen. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 2(3): 112 [≥ September 1855]; 2(4): 113–144 [December 1855]; 2(5) (“1855”): 145–185 [January 1856]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15864853
page(s): 138 [details]
additional source Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1882-1920). <i>Land and freshwater Mollusca of India, including South Arabia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Burmah, Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, and other islands of the Indian Ocean. Supplementary to Messrs. Theobald and Hanley's Conchologia Indica.</i> London, Taylor & Francis. Vol. 1(1): i-iv, 1-18, pls 1-4 [February 1882]; 1(2): 19-66, pls 5-12 [July 1882]; 1(3): 67-94, pls 13-21 [January 1883]; 1(4): pls 22-42 [September 1883], 95-164 [October 1883]; 1(5): pls 43-51 [June 1884], 165-206 [May 1886]; 1(6): pls 52-62 [September 1887], 207-257 [April 1888]. Volume 2(7): 1-46, pls 63-69 [October 1897]; 2(8): 47-86, pls 70-82 [January 1898]; 2(9): 87-146, pls 83-100 [November 1899]; 2(10): 147-238, pls 101-117 [April 1907]; 2(11): 239-310, pls 118-132 [March 1910]; 2(12): 311-442, pls 133-158 [December 1914]. Volume 3(1): 1-65, pls 159-165 [November 1920]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13069144
page(s): vol 1, 122 [details]
page(s): 138 [details]
additional source Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1882-1920). <i>Land and freshwater Mollusca of India, including South Arabia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Burmah, Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, and other islands of the Indian Ocean. Supplementary to Messrs. Theobald and Hanley's Conchologia Indica.</i> London, Taylor & Francis. Vol. 1(1): i-iv, 1-18, pls 1-4 [February 1882]; 1(2): 19-66, pls 5-12 [July 1882]; 1(3): 67-94, pls 13-21 [January 1883]; 1(4): pls 22-42 [September 1883], 95-164 [October 1883]; 1(5): pls 43-51 [June 1884], 165-206 [May 1886]; 1(6): pls 52-62 [September 1887], 207-257 [April 1888]. Volume 2(7): 1-46, pls 63-69 [October 1897]; 2(8): 47-86, pls 70-82 [January 1898]; 2(9): 87-146, pls 83-100 [November 1899]; 2(10): 147-238, pls 101-117 [April 1907]; 2(11): 239-310, pls 118-132 [March 1910]; 2(12): 311-442, pls 133-158 [December 1914]. Volume 3(1): 1-65, pls 159-165 [November 1920]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13069144
page(s): vol 1, 122 [details]