Marine Species Traits - Boysia L. Pfeiffer, 1849

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Boysia L. Pfeiffer, 1849

AphiaID

870139 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:870139)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Tomogeres boysii L. Pfeiffer, 1846 accepted as Boysia boysii (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)

Parent

Hypselostomatidae Zilch, 1959

Original name

Boysia L. Pfeiffer, 1849

Synonymised names

Hypostoma Albers, 1850 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of...)

Invalid: junior homonym of Hypostoma Rudolphi, 1809; Hypotrema Albers, 1860 is a replacement name

Hypotrema Albers, 1860 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)

invalid: junior homonym of Hypotrema d'Orbigny, 1853 [Bivalvia]

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Species Boysia boysii (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
Subgenus Boysia (Strophostomella) P. Fischer, 1883 † accepted as Strophostomella P. Fischer, 1883 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Species Boysia bensoni L. Pfeiffer, 1849 accepted as Boysia boysii (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) (unnecessary substitute name for Tomogeres boysii)
Species Boysia phenacodorum T. D. A. Cockerell, 1914 † accepted as Grangerella phenacodorum (T. D. A. Cockerell, 1914) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Boysia reussi Stoliczka, 1860 † accepted as Strophostomella reussi (Stoliczka, 1860) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Pfeiffer, L. (1849-1850). Neue Molluskengattungen. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. Cassel (Theodor Fischer). 6(7): 97–105 [December 1849]; 6(8) (“1849”): 113–116 [January 1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300195
page(s): 103 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Boysia L. Pfeiffer, 1849. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870139 on 2025-05-17

Taxonomic edit history

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2016-02-13 20:54:49Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2017-06-15 07:03:19Z

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Bank, Ruud

2017-08-29 18:43:08Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2019-02-22 17:33:45Z

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Neubert, Eike

2019-07-02 13:57:44Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Pfeiffer, L. (1849-1850). Neue Molluskengattungen. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. Cassel (Theodor Fischer). 6(7): 97–105 [December 1849]; 6(8) (“1849”): 113–116 [January 1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300195
page(s): 103 [details]

original description (of Hypostoma Albers, 1850) Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. 262 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11965983
page(s): 130 [details]

original description (of Hypotrema Albers, 1860) Albers, J. C. & Martens, E. von. (1860). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet von Joh. Christ. Albers. Ed. 2. Pp. i-xviii, 1-359. Leipzig: Engelman [original manuscript of Albers edited and published by Martens]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11648540
page(s): 304 [details]

basis of record Schileyko, A. A. (1998). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 2. Gastrocoptidae, Hypselostomatidae, Vertiginidae, Truncatellinidae, Pachnodidae, Enidae, Sagdidae. Ruthenica. Supplement 2: 129-261. Moskva [November].
page(s): 142 [details]

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