MolluscaBase taxon details
Alcadia maxima (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
1350763 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1350763)
accepted
Species
Alcadia (Alcadia) maxima (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) · alternative representation
Helicina maxima G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 · unaccepted (original combination)
Helicina maxima var. citrina C. B. Adams, 1851 · unaccepted (original combination)
(of Helicina maxima G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1842). Monograph of the genus <i>Helicina</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (1): 1–16, pls 1–3. London, privately published [May 1842]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076187
page(s): 8, pl. 1, fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 8, pl. 1, fig. 2 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Alcadia maxima (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1350763 on 2025-11-12
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original description
(of Helicina maxima G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1842). Monograph of the genus <i>Helicina</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 1 (1): 1–16, pls 1–3. London, privately published [May 1842]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076187
page(s): 8, pl. 1, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Helicina maxima var. citrina C. B. Adams, 1851) Adams, C. B. (1851). Descriptions of new species and varieties of shells, which inhabit Jamaica. <em>Contributions to Conchology.</em> 8: 129-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13796567#page/139/mode/1up
page(s): 134 [details]
page(s): 8, pl. 1, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Helicina maxima var. citrina C. B. Adams, 1851) Adams, C. B. (1851). Descriptions of new species and varieties of shells, which inhabit Jamaica. <em>Contributions to Conchology.</em> 8: 129-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13796567#page/139/mode/1up
page(s): 134 [details]
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