Marine Species Traits - Leptaxis (Katostoma) wollastoni forensis (Wollaston, 1878)

MolluscaBase name details

Leptaxis (Katostoma) wollastoni forensis (Wollaston, 1878)

AphiaID

1005214 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1005214)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Leptaxis wollastoni forensis (Wollaston, 1878)

Rank

Subspecies

Parent

Leptaxis (Katostoma) wollastoni (R. T. Lowe, 1852) represented as Leptaxis wollastoni (R. T. Lowe, 1852)

Original name

Helix forensis Wollaston, 1878

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

(of Helix forensis Wollaston, 1878) Wollaston, T.V. (1878). Testacea Atlantica or the land and freshwater shells of the Azores, Madeiras, Salvages, Canaries, Cape Verdes, and Saint Helena. i-xi, [1], 1-588, 1-16. London. (Reeve)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18928631
page(s): 99 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leptaxis (Katostoma) wollastoni forensis (Wollaston, 1878). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1005214 on 2025-05-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-06-27 11:51:30Z

created

Neubert, Eike

2017-12-20 09:20:43Z

changed

Neubert, Eike

2018-09-26 06:37:12Z

changed

Neubert, Eike

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description (of Helix forensis Wollaston, 1878) Wollaston, T.V. (1878). Testacea Atlantica or the land and freshwater shells of the Azores, Madeiras, Salvages, Canaries, Cape Verdes, and Saint Helena. i-xi, [1], 1-588, 1-16. London. (Reeve)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18928631
page(s): 99 [details]

basis of record Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]