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Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1789)
875232 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:875232)
accepted
Species
Achatina (Stenogyra) octona (Bruguière, 1789) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Achatina octona (Bruguière, 1789) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Achatina trochlea L. Pfeiffer, 1842 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus octona Bruguière, 1789 · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
Bulimus octonus Bruguière, 1789 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Opeas doveri E. Ghosh, 1929 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Stenogyra (Subulina) octona (Bruguière, 1789) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Stenogyra octona (Bruguière, 1789) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Subulina octana [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Subulina octona trochlea (L. Pfeiffer, 1842) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Subulina octona var. strebeli E. von Martens, 1898 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Subulina octona var. strebeliana E. von Martens, 1898 · unaccepted (original combination)
Subulina trochlea (L. Pfeiffer, 1842) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Subulina octona trochlea (L. Pfeiffer, 1842) accepted as Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1789) (junior synonym)
- Variety Subulina octona var. entebbana Pollonera, 1907 accepted as Subulina entebbana Pollonera, 1907 (basionym)
- Variety Subulina octona var. strebeli E. von Martens, 1898 accepted as Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1789) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Subulina octona var. strebeliana E. von Martens, 1898 accepted as Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1789) (original combination)
(of Bulimus octonus Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke.</em> volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 325 [details]
page(s): 325 [details]
Note Antilles, ‘‘l’île de Guadeloupe, & (. ....
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Type locality Antilles, ‘‘l’île de Guadeloupe, & (. . . ) l’île de Saint-Domingue’’ [details]
Distribution Natural distribution: Tropical America. Anthropogenic distribution: Caribe, Africa, Asia
Distribution Natural distribution: Tropical America. Anthropogenic distribution: Caribe, Africa, Asia [details]
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(of Bulimus octonus Bruguière, 1789) Bruguière, J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières, par une Societe de gens de Lettres, de Savans et D'Artistes. [Methodical encyclopedia or by order of subjects, by a Society of Men of Letters, Scholars and Artists.]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Vers, Paris: Pancoucke.</em> volume 1: i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, Zootaxa, 166: 37; Zootaxa, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 325 [details]
original description (of Achatina trochlea L. Pfeiffer, 1842) Pfeiffer, L. (1842). <i>Symbolae ad historiam Heliceorum</i>, Part II [<i>Sectio altera</i>.] Kassel (Th. Fischer). 147 pp. [< 21 December]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12254177
page(s): 59 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Bieler, R. & Slapcinsky, J. (2000). A case study for the development of an island fauna: Recent terrestrial mollusks of Bermuda. <em>Nemouria.</em> 44: 1-99., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45974319 [details]
basis of record Brook, F. J. (2010). Coastal landsnail fauna of Rarotonga, Cook Islands: systematics, diversity, biogeography, faunal history, and environmental influences. <em>Tuhinga.</em> 21: 161-252., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/tuhinga.21.e34189 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
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additional source Vernhout, J. H. (1914). The non-marine molluscs of Surinam. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 36: 1-46, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14021311
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additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1906-1907). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 18: Achatinidae: Stenogyrinae and Coeliaxinae. pp i-xiii, 1-357, pls 1-51. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-10, Jan. 20, 1906; pp. 65-160, pls. 11-20, Apr. 10, 1906; pp. 161-272, pls. 21-34, Oct. 2, 1906; pp. 273-357, i-xii, pls. 35-51, Jan. 25, 1907]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1099785
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additional source Rosenberg, G. & Muratov, I. V. (2006). Status report on the terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 155: 117-161; Erratum: 156: 401 (2007)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1635/i0097-3157-155-1-117.1
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additional source Herbert, D.G. (2010). The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series, 15: vi + 108 pp. Pretoria. [SANBI = South African National Biodiversity Institute].
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additional source Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
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additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1930). Results of the Pinchot South Sea Expedition - I. Land mollusks of the Caribbean Islands, Grand Cayman, Swan, Old Providence and St. Andrew. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 82: 221-261, pls 15-19. Philadelphia.
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additional source Smith, E. A. (1896). A list of the land and freshwater Mollusca of Trinidad. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 8: 231-251, pl. 8, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31980809#page/253/mode/1up
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additional source Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
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additional source Rowson, B. (2007). Land molluscs of Zanzibar Island (Unguja), Tanzania, including a new species of <i>Gulella</i> (Pulmonata: Streptaxidae). <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 39: 425-466., available online at https://conchsoc.org/sites/default/files/Journal%20of%20Conchology/2007.12_v39(4)/002_Individual%20papers/002_High%20resolution/007_Rowson_JoC_v39(4)_p425_2007.pdf
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additional source Miquel, S. E.; Herrera, H. W. (2014). Catalogue of terrestrial gastropods from Galápagos (except Bulimulidae and Succineidae) with description of a new species of <I>Ambrosiella</I> Odhner (Achatinellidae) (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 143(2): 107-133., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/143/107-133
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additional source Jousseaume, F. (1889). Voyage de M. Eugène Simon au Venezuela (Décembre 1887 - Avril 1888). Mollusques. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 2: 232-259, pl. 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10048155
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additional source Wiktor, A. (2003). Terrestrial gastropods (Mollusca) of province Madang in Papua - New Guinea. Part III. Pulmonata: Rathousiidae, Ellobiidae, Succineidae, Agriolimacidae, Endodontidae (Partim), Ariophantidae, Euconulidae, Subulinidae, Streptaxidae. <em>Folia Malacologica.</em> 11(1-2): 1-21., available online at https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/47db/93c83192831d5d4c6dea44ab68eb5f2aca6b.pdf
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additional source Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1898). Verzeichnis der auf den Philippinen lebenden Landmollusken. <em>Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Görlitz.</em> 22: 26-208., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58468236
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additional source Gittenberger, E., Reijnen, B. T. & Groenenberg, D. S. J. (2019). Terrestrial gastropods of the Maldives, all of which are invasive?. <em>Journal of Conchology (2019),.</em> 43 (4): 1-31.
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additional source Espinosa, J. & Ortea, J. (1999). Moluscos terrestres del archipiélago cubano. <em>Avicennia.</em> suppl. 2: 1-137., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44341104
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additional source Naggs, F. & Raheem, D. (2000). Land snail diversity in Sri Lanka. An illustrated guide prepared for the launch of the Darwin Initiative programme. Photography by Harold Taylor. The Natural History Museum, London. pages i-xiii, 1-203. 246 coloured plates. ISBN 0565091514 (printed version), ISBN 0565091565 (compact disc)., available online at https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/tropical-land-snails/taxa.dsml [details]
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additional source Nobre, A. (1905). Molluscos terrestres e fluviaes da exploração de Francisco Newton em Angola. <em>Annaes de sciencias naturaes, Porto.</em> 9: 103–118., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7227339
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additional source Coomans, H. E. (1967). The non-marine Mollusca of St. Martin. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands: no. 94.</em> 24(1): 118-145.
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additional source Anonymous. (1893). <i>Subulina octona</i> in Philadelphia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 6(9): 107., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42789059 [details]
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additional source Breure, A. S. H., Roosen, M. T. & Ablett, J. D. (2022). Land and freshwater molluscs of mainland Ecuador: an illustrated checklist. <em>Iberus.</em> 40(1): 1-290.
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additional source Breure, A. S. H. (1984). Survey of the land Mollusca of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. In: T. van der Hammen & P. M. Ruiz (eds.). La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Colombia), Transecto Buritaca-La Cumbre. <em>Studies on Tropical Andean Ecosystems.</em> 2: 487-500, figs. 108-112., available online at https://breure.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/35_snsm-buritaca-la-cumbre.pdf
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original description (of Achatina trochlea L. Pfeiffer, 1842) Pfeiffer, L. (1842). <i>Symbolae ad historiam Heliceorum</i>, Part II [<i>Sectio altera</i>.] Kassel (Th. Fischer). 147 pp. [< 21 December]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12254177
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context source (Bermuda) Bieler, R. & Slapcinsky, J. (2000). A case study for the development of an island fauna: Recent terrestrial mollusks of Bermuda. <em>Nemouria.</em> 44: 1-99., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45974319 [details]
basis of record Brook, F. J. (2010). Coastal landsnail fauna of Rarotonga, Cook Islands: systematics, diversity, biogeography, faunal history, and environmental influences. <em>Tuhinga.</em> 21: 161-252., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/tuhinga.21.e34189 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Breure, A. S. H., Hovestadt, A., Fields, A. & Robinson, D. G. (2016). The land Mollusca (Gastropoda) of Saint Kitts and Nevis (Lesser Antilles), with description of a new species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 130(2): 27-52.
page(s): 36, figs. 18, 29, 34 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 332 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vernhout, J. H. (1914). The non-marine molluscs of Surinam. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 36: 1-46, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14021311
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additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1906-1907). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 18: Achatinidae: Stenogyrinae and Coeliaxinae. pp i-xiii, 1-357, pls 1-51. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-10, Jan. 20, 1906; pp. 65-160, pls. 11-20, Apr. 10, 1906; pp. 161-272, pls. 21-34, Oct. 2, 1906; pp. 273-357, i-xii, pls. 35-51, Jan. 25, 1907]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1099785
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additional source Rosenberg, G. & Muratov, I. V. (2006). Status report on the terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 155: 117-161; Erratum: 156: 401 (2007)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1635/i0097-3157-155-1-117.1
page(s): 152 [details]
additional source Herbert, D.G. (2010). The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series, 15: vi + 108 pp. Pretoria. [SANBI = South African National Biodiversity Institute].
page(s): 32 [details]
additional source Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
page(s): 40 [details]
additional source Fischer-Piette, E.; C. P. Blanc; F. Blanc & F. Salvat. (1994). Gastéropodes terrestres pulmonés. <em>Faune de Madagascar.</em> 83: 1-552.
page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gerlach, J. (2006). Terrestrial and freshwater Mollusca of the Seychelles islands. 1-141.
page(s): 40. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kerney, M. P., Cameron, R. A. D. & Jungbluth, J.-H. (1983). Die Landschnecken Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Biologen und Naturfreunde. <em>Verlag Paul Parey.</em> 384 pp., 24 plates. [Summer or later]. Hamburg / Berlin (Paul Parey).
page(s): 313 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1930). Results of the Pinchot South Sea Expedition - I. Land mollusks of the Caribbean Islands, Grand Cayman, Swan, Old Providence and St. Andrew. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 82: 221-261, pls 15-19. Philadelphia.
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Natural distribution: Tropical America. Anthropogenic distribution: Caribe, Africa, Asia [details]Type locality Antilles, ‘‘l’île de Guadeloupe, & (. . . ) l’île de Saint-Domingue’’ [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Subulina octona)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To Malacopics (Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1789) Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad, ex coll. G. van R...
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1418245)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Subulina octona)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To Malacopics (Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1789) Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad, ex coll. G. van R...
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1418245)
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