MolluscaBase taxon details
Megaspira elatior (Spix, 1827)
1440232 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1440232)
accepted
Species
Megaspira ruschenbergiana I. Lea, 1836 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pupa elatior Spix, 1827 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Variety Megaspira elatior var. gracilis Pilsbry, 1904 accepted as Megaspira gracilis Pilsbry, 1904 (original rank)
- Variety Megaspira elatior var. robusta Pilsbry, 1904 accepted as Megaspira robusta Pilsbry, 1904 (original rank)
(of Pupa elatior Spix, 1827) Wagner, J. A. (1827). <i>Testacea fluviatilia quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX [1817-1820] jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis augustissimi suscepto, collegit et pingenda curavit Dr. J. B. de Spix (...), digessit, descripsit et observationibus illustravit Dr. J. A. Wagner</i>. Munich: C. Wolf. pp. i-iv, 1-36, plates 1-29. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39465053
page(s): 20-21, pl. 15 fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 20-21, pl. 15 fig. 1 [details]
Note Brazil, ‘‘cum praecedentibus [in...
Type locality Brazil, ‘‘cum praecedentibus [in Provinciis mediis orientalibus]’’ [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megaspira elatior (Spix, 1827). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440232 on 2025-07-06
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original description
(of Megaspira ruschenbergiana I. Lea, 1836) Jay, J. C. (1836). <i>A catalogue of recent shells with description of new or rare species in the collection of John C. Jay</i>. 2nd edition. New York. 77 pp., errata, 4 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12172590
page(s): explanation of pl. 1 [details]
original description (of Pupa elatior Spix, 1827) Wagner, J. A. (1827). <i>Testacea fluviatilia quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX [1817-1820] jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis augustissimi suscepto, collegit et pingenda curavit Dr. J. B. de Spix (...), digessit, descripsit et observationibus illustravit Dr. J. A. Wagner</i>. Munich: C. Wolf. pp. i-iv, 1-36, plates 1-29. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39465053
page(s): 20-21, pl. 15 fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Pilsbry, H. A. (1903-1904). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 16: Urocoptidae, Achatinidae. pp i-xl, 1-329, pls 1-37. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-18, 6 October 1903; 65-128, pls 19-31, 28 November 1903; 129-192, pls 1-15, 8 January 1904; i-xl, 193-329, pls 16-37, 7 March 1904.]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1104120
page(s): 184, pl. 28 figs 9-10 [details]
basis of record Simone, L. R. L. (2006). <i>Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil</i>. Editora Gráfica Bernardi, FAPESP. São Paulo, 390 pp.
page(s): 182 [details]
additional source Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. <em>PeerJ.</em> 5, e3065., available online at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5354113/#
page(s): 32, fig. 16 A [details]
page(s): explanation of pl. 1 [details]
original description (of Pupa elatior Spix, 1827) Wagner, J. A. (1827). <i>Testacea fluviatilia quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX [1817-1820] jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis augustissimi suscepto, collegit et pingenda curavit Dr. J. B. de Spix (...), digessit, descripsit et observationibus illustravit Dr. J. A. Wagner</i>. Munich: C. Wolf. pp. i-iv, 1-36, plates 1-29. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39465053
page(s): 20-21, pl. 15 fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Pilsbry, H. A. (1903-1904). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 16: Urocoptidae, Achatinidae. pp i-xl, 1-329, pls 1-37. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-18, 6 October 1903; 65-128, pls 19-31, 28 November 1903; 129-192, pls 1-15, 8 January 1904; i-xl, 193-329, pls 16-37, 7 March 1904.]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1104120
page(s): 184, pl. 28 figs 9-10 [details]
basis of record Simone, L. R. L. (2006). <i>Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil</i>. Editora Gráfica Bernardi, FAPESP. São Paulo, 390 pp.
page(s): 182 [details]
additional source Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. <em>PeerJ.</em> 5, e3065., available online at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5354113/#
page(s): 32, fig. 16 A [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Brazil, ‘‘cum praecedentibus [in Provinciis mediis orientalibus]’’ [details]
