Marine Species Traits - Libera Garrett, 1881

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Libera Garrett, 1881

AphiaID

875247 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:875247)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Helix (Libera) subcavernula Tryon, 1887 accepted as Libera subcavernula (Tryon, 1887) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Endodontidae Pilsbry, 1895

Original name

Libera Garrett, 1881

Synonymised names

Garrettia Cossmann, 1900 · unaccepted > junior homonym (unnecessary nom. nov. pro Libera...)

unnecessary nom. nov. pro Libera Gould, 1881, by Cossmann treated as a junior homonym of "Libera Haan, 1825" [in fact a name above the family group]. Junior homonym of Garrettia Paetel, 1873; Garrettina is a replacement name

Garrettina Thiele, 1931 · unaccepted

Helix (Libera) Garrett, 1881 · unaccepted

Direct children (20)

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Species Libera bursatella (A. Gould, 1846)
Species Libera cavernula (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1847)
Species Libera cookeana Solem, 1976
Species Libera dubiosa Ancey, 1889
Species Libera fratercula (Pease, 1867)
Species Libera garrettiana Solem, 1976
Species Libera gregaria Garrett, 1884
Species Libera heynemanni (L. Pfeiffer, 1862)
Species Libera incognata Solem, 1976
Species Libera kondoi Christensen, Khan & Kirch, 2018
Species Libera micrasoma Solem, 1976
Species Libera recedens Garrett, 1884
Species Libera retunsa (Pease, 1865)
Species Libera spuria Ancey, 1889
Species Libera streptaxon (Reeve, 1852)
Species Libera subcavernula (Tryon, 1887)
Species Libera tumuloides (Garrett, 1872)
Species Libera umbilicata Solem, 1976
Species Libera coarctata Garrett, 1884 accepted as Libera dubiosa Ancey, 1889 (invalid: junior homonym of Libera coarctata Pfeiffer, 1850)
Species Libera jacquinoti (L. Pfeiffer, 1849) accepted as Libera cavernula (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1847)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Garrett, A. (1881). The terrestrial Mollusca inhabiting the Cook and Harvey Islands. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Series 2. 8: 381-412., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37079098
page(s): 390 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Libera Garrett, 1881. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=875247 on 2025-05-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-05-04 20:48:26Z

created

Marshall, Bruce

2017-06-15 07:03:19Z

changed

Bank, Ruud

2018-07-19 08:44:41Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

2022-10-09 03:05:37Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

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original description Garrett, A. (1881). The terrestrial Mollusca inhabiting the Cook and Harvey Islands. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Series 2. 8: 381-412., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37079098
page(s): 390 [details]

original description (of Garrettia Cossmann, 1900) Cossmann, M. (1900) Rectifications de nomenclature. Revue Critique de Paléozoologie, 4: 42–46., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14500539
page(s): 43 [details]

basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]

additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1932). Libera or Garrettina (Endodontidae). The Nautilus. 46(2): 70-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519417 [details]

additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1933). Libera again. The Nautilus. 47(1): 34-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8522604 [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Garrettia) (from synonym Garrettia Cossmann, 1900)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Libera)
To Genbank