MolluscaBase name details
original description
Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). <i>Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen</i>. Cassel, T. Fischer: Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): Vol. 1, 36, pl. Solen 1, fig. 5 [details]
From other sources
Diagnosis Koch, 1843. in: Philippi, R.A., Abb. und Beschr. Conch., 1 (2): 36, pl. 1, fig. 5; Clessin, Syst. Conch. Cab. Martini-Chemnitz, 2. ed., 11 (3): 5, pl. 1, fig. 8, pl. 3, fig. 5-6 (1888). [details]
Remark The figure in Philippi, Abb. Beschr. 1 (1843) shows a real S. ceylonensis, whereas the specimen figd. in Clessin resembles more a still undescribed species from China with a brownish periostracum and a somewhat more rounded posterior margin with no sharp corners. [details]
Type locality Ostindische Küsten. [details]