Voluta elongata (Lightfoot), 1786

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. [Book], London. viii + 194 pp. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=133760

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Mollusca

class

Gastropoda

order

Stylommatophora

family

Bothriembryontidae

genus

Placostylus

species

Placostylus fibratus

Name

Homonyms

Voluta elongata Swainson, 1821

Voluta elongata (Lightfoot), 1786

Bibliographic References

1. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1662 Limax fibratus Martyn, 1784 and Nerita hebraea Martyn, 1786 (currently Placostylm Fibratus and Natica Hebraea; Mollusca, Gastropoda): specific names conserved; and Placostylus Beck, 1837: L. Fibratus designated as the type species.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49, 74-75 (1992)
2. Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp.
3. Neubert, E., Chérel-Mora, C. & Bouchet, P. (2009). Polytypy, clines, and fragmentation: The bulimes of New Caledonia revisited (Pulmonata, Orthalicoidea, Placostylidae). <i>In</i> P. Grancolas (ed.), Zoologia Neocaledonica 7. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 198: 37-131.