WoRMS taxon details
Vitreobalcis nutans (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
533601 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:533601)
accepted
Species
Eulima guildingii A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Helix nutans Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824 · unaccepted (original combination)
Leiostraca subventricosa G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 · unaccepted
Melanella guildingii (A. Adams, 1854) · unaccepted
Melanella nutans (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824) · unaccepted
Melanella subventricosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Helix nutans Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824) Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1824). Beschreibung einiger neuen Conchylien. <em>Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1(4): 205-221, pl. 7-9 [labelled pl. 1-3 on plates]., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=8OoTAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA206
page(s): 216, pl. 9 figs 6a-b [details]
page(s): 216, pl. 9 figs 6a-b [details]
Type locality contained in West Indies
type locality contained in West Indies [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vitreobalcis nutans (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533601 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eulima guildingii A. Adams, 1854) Adams, A. (1854). Descriptions of new species of <i>Eulima</i>, <i>Triphoris</i>, etc. from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1851) 19: 276-279., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859388
page(s): 277. [details]
original description (of Helix nutans Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824) Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1824). Beschreibung einiger neuen Conchylien. <em>Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1(4): 205-221, pl. 7-9 [labelled pl. 1-3 on plates]., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=8OoTAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA206
page(s): 216, pl. 9 figs 6a-b [details]
page(s): 277. [details]
original description (of Helix nutans Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824) Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1824). Beschreibung einiger neuen Conchylien. <em>Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1(4): 205-221, pl. 7-9 [labelled pl. 1-3 on plates]., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=8OoTAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA206
page(s): 216, pl. 9 figs 6a-b [details]





To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Leiostraca subventricosa G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
To NHMUK collection (Leiostraca subventricosa G. B. Sowerby II, 1866; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3508837) (from synonym Leiostraca subventricosa G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Eulima guildingii A. Adams, 1854)
To NHMUK collection (Leiostraca subventricosa G. B. Sowerby II, 1866; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3508837) (from synonym Leiostraca subventricosa G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Eulima guildingii A. Adams, 1854)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym