MolluscaBase taxon details
Oxychilus alliarius (J. S. Miller, 1822)
1050554 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1050554)
accepted
Species
Helix alliacea Jeffreys, 1830 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation
Helix alliaria J. S. Miller, 1822 · unaccepted
Helix foetida T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix nitens Sheppard, 1823 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix remota W. H. Benson, 1851 · unaccepted
Helix steenstrupii Mörch, 1857 · unaccepted
Hyalinia (Polita) alliaria (J. S. Miller, 1822) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Hyalinia alliaria (J. S. Miller, 1822) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Oxychilus (Ortizius) alliarius (J. S. Miller, 1822) · alternative representation
Oxychilus allarius (J. S. Miller, 1822) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Oxychilus alliarium (J. S. Miller, 1822) · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
Oxychilus tasmanicus McLaughlan, 1954 · unaccepted
Vitrea alliaria (J. S. Miller, 1822) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Zonites alliaria (J. S. Miller, 1822) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Zonites alliarius (J. S. Miller, 1822) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Zonites alliarius var. ornatus Mabille, 1865 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Zonites arabiae Fagot, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Zonitoides alliaria (J. S. Miller, 1822) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
(of Helix alliaria J. S. Miller, 1822) Miller, J. S. (1822). A list of the freshwater and landshells occurring in the environment of Bristol, with observations. <em>Annals of Philosophy.</em> new ser., 3(5): 376-381., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2498134
page(s): 379 [details]
page(s): 379 [details]
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original description
(of Helix remota W. H. Benson, 1851) Benson, W. H. (1851). Descriptions of new land shells from St. Helena, Ceylon, and China. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 2.</em> 7(40): 262-266., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13787854
page(s): 263-264 [details]
original description (of Helix foetida T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from Nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> [i–vi] + i–v pp., 52 pls [1–52, 10*, with unpaginated plate explanations]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): figs 48, 52 [details]
original description (of Zonites arabiae Fagot, 1884) Fagot, P. (1884-1886). Contribution a la faune malacologique de la Catalogne. <em>Annales de Malacologie.</em> 2 (1/2): 169-192; 2 (3): 193-194. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6977777
page(s): 174 [details]
original description (of Helix alliacea Jeffreys, 1830) Jeffreys, J. G. (1830). A synopsis of the testaceous pneumonobranchous Mollusca of Great Britain. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 16 (2): 323-392., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2267914
page(s): 341 [details]
original description (of Zonites alliarius var. ornatus Mabille, 1865) Mabille, J. (1865-1866). Études sur la faune malacologique de Saint-Jean-de-Luz, de Dinan et de quelques autres points du littoral océanien de la France. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 13(3): 248-265, pl. 14 fig. 9 (28 June 1865); 14(1): 12-33 (31 January 1866). [Separatum: pp. 1-18 (1865); pp. 1-22 (1866)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15133859
page(s): 252 [details]
original description (of Oxychilus tasmanicus McLaughlan, 1954) Mclauchlan, C. F. (1954). Land shells originally introduced. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 12: 40. [details]
original description (of Helix alliaria J. S. Miller, 1822) Miller, J. S. (1822). A list of the freshwater and landshells occurring in the environment of Bristol, with observations. <em>Annals of Philosophy.</em> new ser., 3(5): 376-381., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2498134
page(s): 379 [details]
original description (of Helix steenstrupii Mörch, 1857) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1857). <i>Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr, Prodromus fauna molluscorum grønlandicae</i>. In Rink, H.J. (Ed.) <i>Grönland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet. Naturhistoriske Bidrag til en Beskrivelse ad Grönland</i>. Vol. 4. Rink, Copenhagen. pp. 75–100. <em>Kjøbenhavn, Louis Klein.</em> 75-100., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28838318
page(s): 75 [details]
original description (of Helix nitens Sheppard, 1823) Sheppard, R. (1823). Descriptions of seven new British land and fresh-water shells, with observations upon many other species, including a list of such as have been found in the county of Suffolk. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 14 (1): 148-170., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/752513
page(s): 160 [details]
additional source Barker, G. M. (1999). Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Fauna of New Zealand 38: 1-254.</em> [details]
additional source Breure, A. S. H., Roosen, M. T. & Ablett, J. D. (2022). Land and freshwater molluscs of mainland Ecuador: an illustrated checklist. <em>Iberus.</em> 40(1): 1-290.
page(s): 199 [details]
additional 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): 171 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Giusti, F. & Manganelli, G. (2002). Redescription of two West European <i>Oxychilus</i> species: <i>O. alliarius</i> (Miller, 1822) and <i>O. helveticus</i> (Blum, 1881), and notes on the systematics of <i>Oxychilus</i> Fitzinger, 1833 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Zonitidae). <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 37 (5): 455-476. London [May]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.408196 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
page(s): 111 [details]
additional source Herbert, D. & Kilburn, D. (2004). Field guide to the land snails and slugs of eastern South Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Natal Museum. [v] + 336 pp.
page(s): 273 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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): 37 [details]
additional source Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. <em>Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft).</em> 312 pp., 142 plates. [June] [= Pensoft Series Faunistica No 87].
page(s): 124, Fig. 62a [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 263-264 [details]
original description (of Helix foetida T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from Nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> [i–vi] + i–v pp., 52 pls [1–52, 10*, with unpaginated plate explanations]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): figs 48, 52 [details]
original description (of Zonites arabiae Fagot, 1884) Fagot, P. (1884-1886). Contribution a la faune malacologique de la Catalogne. <em>Annales de Malacologie.</em> 2 (1/2): 169-192; 2 (3): 193-194. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6977777
page(s): 174 [details]
original description (of Helix alliacea Jeffreys, 1830) Jeffreys, J. G. (1830). A synopsis of the testaceous pneumonobranchous Mollusca of Great Britain. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 16 (2): 323-392., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2267914
page(s): 341 [details]
original description (of Zonites alliarius var. ornatus Mabille, 1865) Mabille, J. (1865-1866). Études sur la faune malacologique de Saint-Jean-de-Luz, de Dinan et de quelques autres points du littoral océanien de la France. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 13(3): 248-265, pl. 14 fig. 9 (28 June 1865); 14(1): 12-33 (31 January 1866). [Separatum: pp. 1-18 (1865); pp. 1-22 (1866)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15133859
page(s): 252 [details]
original description (of Oxychilus tasmanicus McLaughlan, 1954) Mclauchlan, C. F. (1954). Land shells originally introduced. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 12: 40. [details]
original description (of Helix alliaria J. S. Miller, 1822) Miller, J. S. (1822). A list of the freshwater and landshells occurring in the environment of Bristol, with observations. <em>Annals of Philosophy.</em> new ser., 3(5): 376-381., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2498134
page(s): 379 [details]
original description (of Helix steenstrupii Mörch, 1857) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1857). <i>Fortegnelse over Grønlands Bløddyr, Prodromus fauna molluscorum grønlandicae</i>. In Rink, H.J. (Ed.) <i>Grönland Geographisk og Statistisk Beskrevet. Naturhistoriske Bidrag til en Beskrivelse ad Grönland</i>. Vol. 4. Rink, Copenhagen. pp. 75–100. <em>Kjøbenhavn, Louis Klein.</em> 75-100., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28838318
page(s): 75 [details]
original description (of Helix nitens Sheppard, 1823) Sheppard, R. (1823). Descriptions of seven new British land and fresh-water shells, with observations upon many other species, including a list of such as have been found in the county of Suffolk. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 14 (1): 148-170., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/752513
page(s): 160 [details]
additional source Barker, G. M. (1999). Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Fauna of New Zealand 38: 1-254.</em> [details]
additional source Breure, A. S. H., Roosen, M. T. & Ablett, J. D. (2022). Land and freshwater molluscs of mainland Ecuador: an illustrated checklist. <em>Iberus.</em> 40(1): 1-290.
page(s): 199 [details]
additional 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): 171 [details] Available for editors
additional source Giusti, F. & Manganelli, G. (2002). Redescription of two West European <i>Oxychilus</i> species: <i>O. alliarius</i> (Miller, 1822) and <i>O. helveticus</i> (Blum, 1881), and notes on the systematics of <i>Oxychilus</i> Fitzinger, 1833 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Zonitidae). <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 37 (5): 455-476. London [May]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.408196 [details] Available for editors
additional source Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
page(s): 111 [details]
additional source Herbert, D. & Kilburn, D. (2004). Field guide to the land snails and slugs of eastern South Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Natal Museum. [v] + 336 pp.
page(s): 273 [details] Available for editors
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): 37 [details]
additional source Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. <em>Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft).</em> 312 pp., 142 plates. [June] [= Pensoft Series Faunistica No 87].
page(s): 124, Fig. 62a [details] Available for editors
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Unknown type (of Helix foetida T. Brown, 1827) [details]
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Oxychilus allarius (J. S. Miller, 1822))
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oxychilus alliarius)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Oxychilus (Ortizius) alliarius (J. S. Miller, 1822))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Oxychilus alliarius (J. S. Miller, 1822) Netherlands, Zeeland, Schouwen-Duiveland, ...
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oxychilus alliarius)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Oxychilus (Ortizius) alliarius (J. S. Miller, 1822))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Oxychilus alliarius (J. S. Miller, 1822) Netherlands, Zeeland, Schouwen-Duiveland, ...
Unreviewed
Image from synonym