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Actinella descendens (Wollaston, 1878) †
1050985 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1050985)
accepted
Species
Actinella (Actinella) descendens (Wollaston, 1878) † · alternative representation
Helix actinophora descendens Wollaston, 1878 · unaccepted (original combination)
fossil only
(of Helix actinophora descendens Wollaston, 1878) Wollaston, T. V. (1878). <i>Testacea Atlantica or the land and freshwater shells of the Azores, Madeiras, Salvages, Canaries, Cape Verdes, and Saint Helena</i>. i-xi, [1], 1-588, 1-16 pp. London: Reeve. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18928631
page(s): 147 [details]
page(s): 147 [details]
Type locality contained in Madeira
type locality contained in Madeira [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Actinella descendens (Wollaston, 1878) †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050985 on 2026-01-22
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(of Helix actinophora descendens Wollaston, 1878) Wollaston, T. V. (1878). <i>Testacea Atlantica or the land and freshwater shells of the Azores, Madeiras, Salvages, Canaries, Cape Verdes, and Saint Helena</i>. i-xi, [1], 1-588, 1-16 pp. London: Reeve. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18928631
page(s): 147 [details]
taxonomy source Teixeira, D., Pokryszko, B., Cameron, R., Silva, I. & Groh, K. (2019). Taxonomic revision of the late-Pleistocene/Holocene land-mollusc fauna (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata) of the Desertas Islands, Madeiran Archipelago, with the description of 6 new species and 2 new subspecies. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 148(2): 137-159., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/148/137-159
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page(s): 147 [details]
taxonomy source Teixeira, D., Pokryszko, B., Cameron, R., Silva, I. & Groh, K. (2019). Taxonomic revision of the late-Pleistocene/Holocene land-mollusc fauna (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata) of the Desertas Islands, Madeiran Archipelago, with the description of 6 new species and 2 new subspecies. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 148(2): 137-159., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/148/137-159
page(s): 145 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
