MolluscaBase taxon details
Kalidos balstoni (Angas, 1877)
1264445 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1264445)
accepted
Species
Helix balstoni Angas, 1877 · unaccepted (original combination)
Hemiplecta formosa Ancey, 1890 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nanina balstoni (Angas, 1877) · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Helix balstoni Angas, 1877) Angas, G. F. (1877). Notes on a small collection of land and freshwater shells from south-east Madagascar, with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 527–528., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518449
page(s): 528, pl. 54, fig. 5. [details]
page(s): 528, pl. 54, fig. 5. [details]
Type locality contained in Madagascar
type locality contained in Madagascar [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
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original description
(of Hemiplecta formosa Ancey, 1890) Ancey, C. F. (1890). Mollusques nouveaux de l'Archipel d'Hawai, de Madagascar et de l'Afrique Équatoriale. Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France 7: 339–347. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16122601
page(s): 343 [details]
original description (of Helix balstoni Angas, 1877) Angas, G. F. (1877). Notes on a small collection of land and freshwater shells from south-east Madagascar, with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 527–528., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518449
page(s): 528, pl. 54, fig. 5. [details]
basis of record Emberton, K. C. & Pearce, T. A. (2000). Helicarionid snails of Mounts Mahermana, Ilapiry, and Vasiha, southeastern Madagascar. <em>The Veliger.</em> 43: 218-247. Berkeley., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42460922#page/232/mode/1up [details]
page(s): 343 [details]
original description (of Helix balstoni Angas, 1877) Angas, G. F. (1877). Notes on a small collection of land and freshwater shells from south-east Madagascar, with descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 527–528., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518449
page(s): 528, pl. 54, fig. 5. [details]
basis of record Emberton, K. C. & Pearce, T. A. (2000). Helicarionid snails of Mounts Mahermana, Ilapiry, and Vasiha, southeastern Madagascar. <em>The Veliger.</em> 43: 218-247. Berkeley., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42460922#page/232/mode/1up [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
