MolluscaBase - Pterodiscus alatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)

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Pterodiscus alatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)

AphiaID

1722854 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1722854)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted Name

Tropidoptera alata (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pterodiscus Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Tropidoptera Ancey, 1889

Original name

Helix alata L. Pfeiffer, 1856

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Subspecies Pterodiscus alatus litus Pilsbry, 1911 accepted as Tropidoptera alata lita (Pilsbry, 1911) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Helix alata L. Pfeiffer, 1856) Pfeiffer, L. (1856). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of land-shells, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the zoological Society of London.</em> 24 (302): 32; 24 (303): 33-36. London [16 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860555
page(s): 33 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Pterodiscus alatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1856). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1722854 on 2025-03-24

Taxonomic edit history

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2023-12-13 16:49:25Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description (of Helix alata L. Pfeiffer, 1856) Pfeiffer, L. (1856). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of land-shells, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the zoological Society of London.</em> 24 (302): 32; 24 (303): 33-36. London [16 June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860555
page(s): 33 [details]