WoRMS taxon details
Sabessebia zitanica (Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887)
1791369 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1791369)
accepted
Species
Helix (Xerophila) buslimiana Kobelt, 1898 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original name)
Helix fratisiana Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original name)
Helix lotophagorum Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original name)
Helix meninxica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original name)
Helix mesembrica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original name)
Helix mezessarica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original name)
Helix tafermica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original name)
Helix zitanica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Xerophila mocquerysi Pallary, 1918 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original name)
(of Helix zitanica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) Letourneux, A. & Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Prodrome de la malacologie terrestre et fluviatile de la Tunisie. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 166 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227711
page(s): 16 [details]
page(s): 16 [details]
Lectotype (of Helix zitanica Letourneux & Bourguignat,...
Lectotype (of Helix zitanica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) MHNG-MOLL 117855a [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sabessebia zitanica (Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1791369 on 2025-03-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Xerophila mocquerysi Pallary, 1918) Pallary, P. (1918). Diagnoses d'une cinquantaine de mollusques terrestres nouveaux du Nord de l'Afrique. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Afrique du Nord, 9 (7): 137-152. Alger. [15 July]
page(s): 141 [details]
original description (of Helix zitanica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) Letourneux, A. & Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Prodrome de la malacologie terrestre et fluviatile de la Tunisie. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 166 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227711
page(s): 16 [details]
original description (of Helix meninxica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) Letourneux, A. & Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Prodrome de la malacologie terrestre et fluviatile de la Tunisie. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 166 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227711
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Helix lotophagorum Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) Letourneux, A. & Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Prodrome de la malacologie terrestre et fluviatile de la Tunisie. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 166 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227711
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Helix mesembrica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) Letourneux, A. & Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Prodrome de la malacologie terrestre et fluviatile de la Tunisie. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 166 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227711
page(s): 18 [details]
original description (of Helix fratisiana Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) Letourneux, A. & Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Prodrome de la malacologie terrestre et fluviatile de la Tunisie. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 166 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227711
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Helix tafermica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) Letourneux, A. & Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Prodrome de la malacologie terrestre et fluviatile de la Tunisie. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 166 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227711
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Helix mezessarica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) Letourneux, A. & Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Prodrome de la malacologie terrestre et fluviatile de la Tunisie. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 166 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227711
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Helix (Xerophila) buslimiana Kobelt, 1898) Kobelt, W. (1898-1899). In: Rossmässler, E. A.: Iconographie der Land- & Süsswasser-Mollusken mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten, (2) 8 (1/2): 1–40, pl. 211–220 [3. Jan. 1898]; (2) 8 (3/4): 41–72, pl. 221–230 [30. Oct. 1898]; (2) 8 (5/6): 73–111, pl. 231–240 [20. March 1899]. Wiesbaden (Kreidel).
page(s): 44, Taf. 223, fig. 1429 [details]
page(s): 141 [details]
original description (of Helix zitanica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) Letourneux, A. & Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Prodrome de la malacologie terrestre et fluviatile de la Tunisie. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 166 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227711
page(s): 16 [details]
original description (of Helix meninxica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) Letourneux, A. & Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Prodrome de la malacologie terrestre et fluviatile de la Tunisie. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 166 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227711
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Helix lotophagorum Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) Letourneux, A. & Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Prodrome de la malacologie terrestre et fluviatile de la Tunisie. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 166 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227711
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Helix mesembrica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) Letourneux, A. & Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Prodrome de la malacologie terrestre et fluviatile de la Tunisie. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 166 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227711
page(s): 18 [details]
original description (of Helix fratisiana Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) Letourneux, A. & Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Prodrome de la malacologie terrestre et fluviatile de la Tunisie. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 166 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227711
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Helix tafermica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) Letourneux, A. & Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Prodrome de la malacologie terrestre et fluviatile de la Tunisie. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 166 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227711
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Helix mezessarica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) Letourneux, A. & Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Prodrome de la malacologie terrestre et fluviatile de la Tunisie. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 166 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227711
page(s): 21 [details]
original description (of Helix (Xerophila) buslimiana Kobelt, 1898) Kobelt, W. (1898-1899). In: Rossmässler, E. A.: Iconographie der Land- & Süsswasser-Mollusken mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten, (2) 8 (1/2): 1–40, pl. 211–220 [3. Jan. 1898]; (2) 8 (3/4): 41–72, pl. 221–230 [30. Oct. 1898]; (2) 8 (5/6): 73–111, pl. 231–240 [20. March 1899]. Wiesbaden (Kreidel).
page(s): 44, Taf. 223, fig. 1429 [details]





Lectotype (of Helix zitanica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) MHNG-MOLL 117855a [details]
Paralectotype (of Helix zitanica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) 117855b [details]
Syntype (of Helix meninxica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) 113671 [details]
Syntype (of Helix lotophagorum Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) MHNG-MOLL 117848 [details]
Syntype (of Helix mesembrica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) MHNG-MOLL 113673 [details]
Syntype (of Helix fratisiana Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) MHNG-MOLL 113730 [details]
Syntype (of Helix tafermica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) MHNG-MOLL 113733 [details]
Syntype (of Helix mezessarica Letourneux & Bourguignat, 1887) MHNG-MOLL 113731 [details]
Syntype (of Helix (Xerophila) buslimiana Kobelt, 1898) SMF 10138 [details]