MolluscaBase - Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 11747)

AphiaID

1002802 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1002802)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Rumina Risso, 1826

Original name

Helix decollata Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Bulimus bavouxi Coquand, 1862 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Bulimus decollatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Helix decollata Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Rumina decollata var. maura Crosse, 1873 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Stenogyra (Rumina) decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Stenogyra bavouxi (Coquand, 1862) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Stenogyra decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Stenogyra decollata var. claviformis Kobelt, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original name)

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Forma Rumina decollata f. integra Ancey, 1888 (uncertain > unassessed)
Variety Rumina decollata var. dentata Pallary, 1922 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Variety Rumina decollata var. fusca Pallary, 1899 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Variety Rumina decollata var. striatula Pallary, 1920 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Variety Rumina decollata var. maura Crosse, 1873 accepted as Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Rumina decollata var. saharica Pallary, 1901 accepted as Rumina saharica Pallary, 1901 (unaccepted > superseded rank)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

(of Helix decollata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 773 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002802 on 2026-09-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2017-06-27 08:15:30Z

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Neubert, Eike

2019-01-04 21:42:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

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original description (of Bulimus bavouxi Coquand, 1862 †) Coquand, H. (1862). Géologie et paléontologie de la région sud de la province de Constantine. Mémoires de la Société d'Emulation de la Provence. 2: 5-342., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55312179/f5
page(s): 264, pl. 29, fig. 19 [details]

original description (of Rumina decollata var. maura Crosse, 1873) Crosse, H. (1873). Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie. 21 (2): 136-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15145011
page(s): 137 [details]

original description (of Stenogyra decollata var. claviformis Kobelt, 1882) Kobelt, W. (1882). Diagnosen neuer Arten. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 9: 68–72.
page(s): 71 [details]

original description (of Helix decollata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 773 [details] Available for editors

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context source (Bermuda) Bieler, R. & Slapcinsky, J. (2000). A case study for the development of an island fauna: Recent terrestrial mollusks of Bermuda. Nemouria. 44: 1-99., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45974319 [details]

basis of record Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]

additional source Anonymous. (1957). Introduced species in South Carolina. The Nautilus. 70(3): 108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520777 [details]

additional source Branson, B. A. (1959). Rumina decollata in Oklahoma. The Nautilus. 73(1): 37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515687 [details]

additional source Cheatum, E. P. (1934). Rumina decollata Linné in the New World. Journal of Conchology. 20(3): 84-85., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.406775 [details]

additional source Dundee, D. S. (1986). Notes on the habits and anatomy of the introduced land snails, Rumina and Lamellaxis (Subulinidae). The Nautilus. 100(1): 32-38, figs. 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8277231 [details]

additional source Espinosa, J. & Ortea, J. (1999). Moluscos terrestres del archipiélago cubano. Avicennia. suppl. 2: 1-137., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44341104
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additional source Ferriss, J. H. (1914). Rumina decollata in Texas. The Nautilus. 28(1): 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1750464 [details]

additional source Gojšina, V., Vujić, M., Páll-Gergely, B., Mitrović, B., Novaković, B. & Dedov, I. (2026). Revision of the Serbian terrestrial gastropods: Ellobioidea, Achatinoidea, Oleacinoidea, Succineoidea, Chondrinoidea, Pupilloidea, Punctoidea, and Discoidea. Journal of Conchology. 45(5): 862-961., available online at https://conchsoc.org/sites/default/files/jconch/45/5/JC-45-5-862-961.pdf
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additional source Goodrich, C. (1940). Another immigrant. The Nautilus. 53(3): 105-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8516399 [details]

additional source Harry, H. W. (1948). Notes on the foreign land snails of Louisiana. The Nautilus. 62(1): 20-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519559
page(s): 22-23 [details]

additional source Herbert, D.G. (2010). The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series, 15: vi + 108 pp. Pretoria. [SANBI = South African National Biodiversity Institute].
page(s): 29 [details]

additional source Johnson, C. W. (1900). Some notes on Rumina decollata Linn. The Nautilus. 13(10): 117., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42800021 [details]

additional source Neck, R. W. (1977). Introduced land snails of Travis County, Texas. The Nautilus. 91(4): 140-143., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8273666
page(s): 141-142 [details]

additional source Smith, H. H. (1912). Rumina decollata in Mobile and New Orleans. The Nautilus. 26(1): 4-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1738199 [details]

additional source Sparacio, I., Surdo, S., Viviano, R., Liberto, F. & Reitano, A. (2021). Land molluscs from the Isola delle Femmine Nature Reserve (north-western Sicily, Italy) (Gastropoda Architaenioglossa Pulmonata). Biodiversity Journal. 12 (3): 589–624., available online at https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2021.12.3.589.624
page(s): 597 [details] Available for editors

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additional source van Hyning, T. (1938). Rumina decollata Linnaeus. The Nautilus. 52(1): 33., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8284533 [details]

additional source Viosca, P., Jr. (1928). European land snails in New Orleans. The Nautilus. 41(4): 139-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519874 [details]