WoRMS taxon details
Libera fratercula (Pease, 1867)
875248 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:875248)
accepted
Species
Helix fratercula Pease, 1867 · unaccepted (original combination)
Helix sculptilis Pease, 1865 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Helix...)
invalid: junior homonym of Helix sculptilis Bland, 1858
- Subspecies Libera fratercula fratercula (Pease, 1867)
- Subspecies Libera fratercula rarotongensis Solem, 1976
(of Helix fratercula Pease, 1867) Pease, W. H. (1867). Helix fratercula. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 3: 104. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Libera fratercula (Pease, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=875248 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Helix sculptilis Pease, 1865) Pease, W. H. (1865). Descriptions of new species of land shells from the islands of the Central Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1864): 668-676., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28501011
page(s): 669 [details]
original description (of Helix fratercula Pease, 1867) Pease, W. H. (1867). Helix fratercula. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 3: 104. [details]
basis of record Brook, F. J. (2010). Coastal landsnail fauna of Rarotonga, Cook Islands: systematics, diversity, biogeography, faunal history, and environmental influences. <em>Tuhinga.</em> 21: 161-252. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Solem, A. (1976). Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Sigmurethra). Part I, Family Endodontidae. <em>Fieldiana. Zoology.</em> 508 pp. Chicago., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2642619 [details]
page(s): 669 [details]
original description (of Helix fratercula Pease, 1867) Pease, W. H. (1867). Helix fratercula. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 3: 104. [details]
basis of record Brook, F. J. (2010). Coastal landsnail fauna of Rarotonga, Cook Islands: systematics, diversity, biogeography, faunal history, and environmental influences. <em>Tuhinga.</em> 21: 161-252. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Solem, A. (1976). Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Sigmurethra). Part I, Family Endodontidae. <em>Fieldiana. Zoology.</em> 508 pp. Chicago., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2642619 [details]
Other
additional source
Bullis, D. A. & Rundell, R. J. (2021). Molecular phylogenetics and premating isolation in the punctoid land snails of Belau (Republic of Palau, Oceania). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 50(5): 555-570., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12491 [details] Available for editors
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