Marine Species Traits - Canariella gomerae (Wollaston, 1878)

MolluscaBase taxon details

Canariella gomerae (Wollaston, 1878)

To GB Mollusca Types (Helix gomerae Wollaston, 1878; Syntype(s) (possible); NMINH:1896.42.72)

AphiaID

1259560 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1259560)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Canariella P. Hesse, 1918

Original name

Helix gomerae Wollaston, 1878

Synonymised names

Canariella (Canariella) gomerae (Wollaston, 1878) · alternative representation (subgeneric affiliation unclear)

Helix gomerae Wollaston, 1878 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Helix gomerae 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): 392 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Gomera

type locality contained in Gomera [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Canariella gomerae (Wollaston, 1878). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1259560 on 2025-05-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-06-19 13:52:11Z

created

Neubert, Eike

2021-07-03 13:20:07Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Helix gomerae 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): 392 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To GB Mollusca Types (Helix gomerae Wollaston, 1878; Syntype(s) (possible); NMINH:1896.42.72) (from synonym Helix gomerae Wollaston, 1878)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)

From editor or global species database

To GB Mollusca Types (Helix gomerae Wollaston, 1878; Syntype(s) (possible); NMINH:1896.42.72)

Hosted externally, from synonym

Unreviewed

Canariella gomerae