MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Megalomastoma gravidum W. H. Benson, 1856) Benson, W. H. (1856). Characters of seventeen new forms of the Cyclostomacea from the British Provinces of Burmah, collected by W. Theobald, jun., Esq. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 2, 17(99): 225-228 [1 March]; 17(100): 229-233 [1 April]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22069820 page(s): 229 [details]
original description
(of Otopoma blennus W. H. Benson, 1856) Benson, W. H. (1856). Characters of seventeen new forms of the Cyclostomacea from the British Provinces of Burmah, collected by W. Theobald, jun., Esq. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 2, 17(99): 225-228 [1 March]; 17(100): 229-233 [1 April]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22069820 page(s): 231 [details]
original description
(of Cyclostoma pollex A. Gould, 1856) Gould, A. A. (1856). [descriptions of shells]. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 6: 11-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9493210 page(s): 14. [details]
basis of record
Kongim B., Sutcharit C., Naggs F. & Panha S. (2013). Taxonomic revision of the Elephant Pupinid snail genus <i>Pollicaria</i> Gould, 1856 (Prosobranchia, Pupinidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 287: 19-40., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.287.4617 [details]
additional source
Stoliczka, F. (1871). Notes on terrestrial Mollusca from the neighbourhood of Moulmein (Tenasserim Provinces), with descriptions of new species. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> Part II, 40 (2): 143-177, pl. 6-8. Calcutta [20 July]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35630965 page(s): 150 [details]
additional source
Kobelt W. (1902). Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen. 16. Lieferung. Mollusca. Cyclophoridae. <em>Das Tierreich.</em> XXXIX + 662 pp., 1 map. [July]. Berlin (R. Friedländer)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1000211 page(s): 289 [details] 
subsequent type designation
Preece, R. C., White, T. S., Raheem, D. C., Ketchum, H., Ablett, J., Taylor, H., Webb, K. & Naggs, F. (2022). William Benson and the golden age of malacology in British India: Biography, illustrated catalogue and evaluation of his molluscan types. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online at https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390 page(s): 93, Fig. 37 E, F; note: neotype designation [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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