WoRMS taxon details
Lithidion bentii E. A. Smith, 1897
1246175 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1246175)
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Species
Smith, E. A. (1897). On some new species of land shells from the island of Socotra. <em>The Journal of Malacology.</em> 6 (3/4): 33–38, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16099993
page(s): 38, pl. 5, fig. 9, 9b [details]
page(s): 38, pl. 5, fig. 9, 9b [details]
Type locality contained in Socotra
type locality contained in Socotra [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lithidion bentii E. A. Smith, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1246175 on 2025-09-10
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Nomenclature
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Smith, E. A. (1897). On some new species of land shells from the island of Socotra. <em>The Journal of Malacology.</em> 6 (3/4): 33–38, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16099993
page(s): 38, pl. 5, fig. 9, 9b [details]
page(s): 38, pl. 5, fig. 9, 9b [details]
Other
additional source
Neubert, E. (2009). The continental malacofauna of Arabia and adjacent areas. VI. Pomatiidae of Arabia, Socotra and northeast Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Littorinoidea). Fauna of Arabia, 24: 47-127. Riyadh / Basel [10 May].
page(s): 90, Plate 14 a–b, Fig. 9 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 90, Plate 14 a–b, Fig. 9 [details] Available for editors






Syntype NHMUK 1897.7.21.106-108 [details]