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Phasis Albers, 1850
999178 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:999178)
unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Phasis Hübner, 1819 [Lepidoptera]; Phortion Preston, 1910 is a replacement name.)
Genus
Helix menkeana L. Pfeiffer, 1842 accepted as Phortion menkeanum (L. Pfeiffer, 1842) (type by monotypy)
- Subgenus Phasis (Trachycystis) Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Trachycystis Pilsbry, 1893 (original rank)
- Species Phasis (Trachycystis) fuscocornea E. A. Smith, 1899 accepted as Vicariihelix fuscocornea (E. A. Smith, 1899) (original combination)
- Species Phasis (Trachycystis) fuscoolivacea E. A. Smith, 1899 accepted as Vicariihelix fuscoolivacea (E. A. Smith, 1899) (basionym)
- Species Phasis menkeana (L. Pfeiffer, 1842) accepted as Phortion menkeanum (L. Pfeiffer, 1842)
- Species Phasis sollers Melvill & Ponsonby, 1907 accepted as Chilocystis aprica (Krauss, 1848) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
(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]
page(s): 92 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Phasis Albers, 1850. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=999178 on 2025-09-12
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(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]
taxonomy source Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 231 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
page(s): 92 [details]
taxonomy source Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 231 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
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