WoRMS taxon details
Megalobulimus leucostoma (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
882414 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:882414)
accepted
Species
Bulimus castelnaudi Hupé, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus duerfeldti Dohrn, 1863 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bulimus hupeanus Morelet, 1863 · unaccepted (unnecessary replacement name for...)
unnecessary replacement name for Bulimus castelnaudi Hupé, 1857
Bulimus leucostoma (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Bulimus mahogani (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) · unaccepted
Bulinus leucostoma G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 · unaccepted (original combination)
Bulinus mahogani G. B. Sowerby I, 1838 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helix (Cochlogena) mathiusii A. d'Orbigny, 1835 · unaccepted
Helix mathiusii A. d'Orbigny, 1835 · unaccepted
Megalobulimus castelnaudi (Hupé, 1857) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Megalobulimus leucostoma weyrauchi (Bequaert, 1949) · unaccepted
Strophocheilus (Megalobulimus) leucostoma weyrauchi Bequaert, 1949 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Megalobulimus leucostoma lacunosus (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) accepted as Megalobulimus lacunosus (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)
- Subspecies Megalobulimus leucostoma leucostoma (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) accepted as Megalobulimus leucostoma (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
- Subspecies Megalobulimus leucostoma weyrauchi (Bequaert, 1949) accepted as Megalobulimus leucostoma (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
(of Bulinus leucostoma G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1835). [Characters of three species of the genus <i>Bulinus</i>, Lam., previously undescribed]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1834: 141. [3 April 1835]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568484
page(s): 141 [details]
page(s): 141 [details]
Type locality contained in Peru
type locality contained in Peru [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megalobulimus leucostoma (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=882414 on 2025-06-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bulimus castelnaudi Hupé, 1857) Hupé, H. (1857). <i>Animaux nouveaux ou rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du sud, de Rio de Janeiro à Lima et de Lima à Para; par ordre du gourvernement français pendant les années 1843 à 1847, sous la direction du Comte Francis de Castelnau. Mollusques</i>. P. Bertrand, Paris, 96 pp., 20 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10826455
page(s): 27, pl. 4 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Bulimus duerfeldti Dohrn, 1863) Dohrn, H. (1863). Beschreibung neuer peruanischer Landschnecken. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 10: 152-156., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15860991
page(s): 152 [details]
original description (of Bulimus hupeanus Morelet, 1863) Morelet, A. (1863). <i>Séries conchyliologiques comprenant l'énumération de mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis pendant le cours de différents voyages ainsi que la description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles</i>. 3: 131-221, pls. 7-11. Paris: Klincksieck., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11913497
page(s): 170 [details]
original description (of Strophocheilus (Megalobulimus) leucostoma weyrauchi Bequaert, 1949) Bequaert, J. C. (1949). Three new South American land snails (<i>Strophocheilis</i>, <i>Thaumastus</i>, <i>Drymaeus</i>). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 62(4): 113- 115, pl. 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519658
page(s): 113-114, pl. 7, figs. 1-4 [details]
original description (of Bulinus leucostoma G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1835). [Characters of three species of the genus <i>Bulinus</i>, Lam., previously undescribed]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1834: 141. [3 April 1835]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568484
page(s): 141 [details]
original description (of Bulinus mahogani G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832-1841). <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. 200 pls. in 200 parts.
page(s): 137, fig. 59. [details]
basis of record Borda V. & Ramírez R. (2016). The genus <i>Megalobulimus</i> (Gastropoda: Strophocheilidae) from Peruvian Andes: Re-description of <i>Megalobulimus leucostoma</i> and description of two new species. <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 34(1): 15-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.4003/006.034.0108 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 27, pl. 4 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Bulimus duerfeldti Dohrn, 1863) Dohrn, H. (1863). Beschreibung neuer peruanischer Landschnecken. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 10: 152-156., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15860991
page(s): 152 [details]
original description (of Bulimus hupeanus Morelet, 1863) Morelet, A. (1863). <i>Séries conchyliologiques comprenant l'énumération de mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis pendant le cours de différents voyages ainsi que la description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles</i>. 3: 131-221, pls. 7-11. Paris: Klincksieck., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11913497
page(s): 170 [details]
original description (of Strophocheilus (Megalobulimus) leucostoma weyrauchi Bequaert, 1949) Bequaert, J. C. (1949). Three new South American land snails (<i>Strophocheilis</i>, <i>Thaumastus</i>, <i>Drymaeus</i>). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 62(4): 113- 115, pl. 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519658
page(s): 113-114, pl. 7, figs. 1-4 [details]
original description (of Bulinus leucostoma G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1835). [Characters of three species of the genus <i>Bulinus</i>, Lam., previously undescribed]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1834: 141. [3 April 1835]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568484
page(s): 141 [details]
original description (of Bulinus mahogani G. B. Sowerby I, 1838) Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832-1841). <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. 200 pls. in 200 parts.
page(s): 137, fig. 59. [details]
basis of record Borda V. & Ramírez R. (2016). The genus <i>Megalobulimus</i> (Gastropoda: Strophocheilidae) from Peruvian Andes: Re-description of <i>Megalobulimus leucostoma</i> and description of two new species. <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 34(1): 15-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.4003/006.034.0108 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
