MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Helix despecta G. B. Sowerby I, 1839) Gray, J. E. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1839). Molluscous animals and their shells. Pp. 103-155, pls 33-34 [pp. 103-142 by J. E. Gray, 143-155 by G. B. Sowerby I]. In: <i>The zoology of Capt. Beechey's voyage, compiled from the collections on notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's straits in his Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28.</i> London pp. XII + 186 + 44 pl. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48931613
page(s): 143, pl. 38, fig. 5 [details]
basis of record
Minato, H. (1988). A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. H. Minato, Shirahama, 294 pp., 7 pls.
page(s): 192 [details]
additional source
Kobayashi, S.; Izawa, M.; Denda, T. (2009). Pollen Feeding Behavior of Acusta despecta despecta
(Pulmonata: Bradybaenidae). <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 68(1-2): 55-62. [details] Available for editors [request]