Marine Species Traits - Volutaxis (Versutaxis) patzcuarensis (Pilsbry, 1899)

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Volutaxis (Versutaxis) patzcuarensis (Pilsbry, 1899)

AphiaID

1066418 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1066418)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Volutaxis patzcuarensis (Pilsbry, 1899)

Rank

Species

Parent

Volutaxis (Versutaxis) H. B. Baker, 1939 represented as Volutaxis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882

Original name

Opeas patzcuarense Pilsbry, 1899

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Opeas patzcuarense Pilsbry, 1899) Pilsbry, H. A. (1899). Descriptions of new species of Mexican land and freshwater mollusks. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 51(2): 391-402., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6389576
page(s): 399 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Volutaxis (Versutaxis) patzcuarensis (Pilsbry, 1899). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1066418 on 2025-05-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-03-08 13:24:02Z

created

Richling, Ira

2021-08-16 09:05:41Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

Licensing

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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (1)

original description (of Opeas patzcuarense Pilsbry, 1899) Pilsbry, H. A. (1899). Descriptions of new species of Mexican land and freshwater mollusks. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 51(2): 391-402., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6389576
page(s): 399 [details]

basis of record Thompson, F. G. (2011). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the land and freshwater snails of México and Central America. Florida Museum of Natural History Bulletin. 50(1): 1-299. [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality