MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Aulopoma hofmeisteri Troschel, 1847) Troschel, F. H. (1847). Ueber die Gattungen der Cyclostomiden. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 4(3): 42-45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292036
page(s): 43 [details]
basis of record
Benson, W. H. (1851). Descriptions of new land shells from St. Helena, Ceylon, and China. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 2.</em> 7(40): 262-266., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13787854
page(s): 265; note: Footnote: "Then recently discovered by the Physician after whom it was named, who fell, soon after, in the deadly field of Ferozshehr."....; a battle between the East India Company and Sikhs for contr... Footnote: "Then recently discovered by the Physician after whom it was named, who fell, soon after, in the deadly field of Ferozshehr."....; a battle between the East India Company and Sikhs for control of Punjab (near Sutlej, Pakistan).
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