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Helix (Cochlodonta) tomigera S. Moricand 1836

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands. & Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. E-mail: ashbreure @ gmail. com

Description

Helix (Cochlodonta) tomigera S. Moricand, 1836

Figs 115-117

Helix (Cochlodonta) tomigera S. Moricand, 1836: 439. – S. Moricand, 1841: 152, pl. 5 figs 13-15.

Type locality: [Brazil, Bahia] “ les bois de la Caxoeira ”.

Label: “ Brésil ”, in Moricand’s handwriting.

Dimensions: Not given; figured specimen herein H 10.1, D 13.5, W 4.2.

Type material: MHNG-INVE-64717, one syntype (Moricand coll.).

Remarks: Moricand (1836) wrote “le très-petit nombre d’individus que M. Blanchet en a pu recueillir”, without specifying the number of specimens. The current systematic position follows Simone (2006).

Current systematic position: Odontostomidae, Tomigerus clausus (Spix, 1827).

Notes

Published as part of Breure, Abraham S. H., 2016, Annotated type catalogue of the Orthalicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) in the Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, pp. 57-103 in Revue suisse de Zoologie 123 (1) on pages 82-83, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.46290

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MHNG
Material sample ID
MHNG-INVE-64717
Scientific name authorship
S. Moricand
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Helicidae
Genus
Helix
Species
tomigera
Taxon rank
species
Type status
syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Helix (Cochlodonta) tomigera Moricand, 1836 sec. Breure, 2016

References

  • Moricand S. 1836. Memoire sur les coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles, envoyees de Bahia par M. J. Blanchet. Memoires de la Societe de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Geneve 7 (2): 415 - 446.
  • Moricand S. 1841. Second supplement au memoire sur les coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles, envoyees de Bahia par M. J. Blanchet. Memoires de la Societe de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Geneve 9 (1): 57 - 64.
  • Simone L. R. L. 2006. Land and freshwater molluscs of Brazil. EGB / Fapesp, Sao Paulo, 390 pp.