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Polyphemus Montfort, 1810

999225 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:999225)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Tectipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Eupulmonata (Superorder)
  9. Stylommatophora (Order)
  10. Helicina (Suborder)
  11. Oleacinoidei (Infraorder)
  12. Oleacinoidea (Superfamily)
  13. Oleacinidae (Family)
  14. Oleacininae (Subfamily)
  15. Polyphemus (Genus)
 unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of Polyphemus Müller, 1776 [Crustacea])
Oleacina Röding, 1789
Genus
Bulimus glans Bruguière, 1792 accepted as Oleacina voluta (Gmelin, 1791) (type by original designation)
Oleacininae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
Achatina (Polyphemus) Montfort, 1810 · alternative representation

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  1. Species Polyphemus algirus (Bruguière, 1792) accepted as Poiretia algira (Bruguière, 1792) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  2. Species Polyphemus dilatatus R. A. Philippi, 1836 accepted as Poiretia dilatata (R. A. Philippi, 1836) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  3. Species Polyphemus solidulus L. Pfeiffer, 1840 accepted as Cuboleacina solidula (L. Pfeiffer, 1840) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  4. Species Polyphemus subulatus L. Pfeiffer, 1839 accepted as Oleacina subulata (L. Pfeiffer, 1839) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  5. Species Polyphemus suturalis L. Pfeiffer, 1839 accepted as Rectoleacina suturalis (L. Pfeiffer, 1839) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  6. Species Polyphemus tumidus A. Villa, 1841 accepted as Poiretia algira (Bruguière, 1792) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 2: 414 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polyphemus Montfort, 1810. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=999225 on 2026-07-22
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2017-06-19 13:01:19Z
created
Bank, Ruud
2025-02-16 19:04:09Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2025-03-08 16:21:35Z
changed
Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 2: 414 [details] 

source of synonymy Westerlund, C. A. (1886). <i>Fauna der in der paläarctischen Region (...) lebenden Binnenconchylien</i>. I. Fam. Testacellidae, Glandinidae, Vitrinidae & Leucochroidae. – Lund: Håkan Ohlsson. 88 + 7 (Register) + 16 (Dritte Beilage [Nachträge und Berichtigungen zum Heft IV (I): pp. 1-6; Nachträge und Berichtigungen zum Heft V (II): pp. 6-15; Bemerkungen zum Heft I (III): p. 16]) pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10893267
page(s): 10 [details] 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polyphemus) 
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