Marine Species Traits - Actinella (Actinella) arcta (R. T. Lowe, 1831)

Traits name details

Actinella (Actinella) arcta (R. T. Lowe, 1831)

AphiaID

1002306 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1002306)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Actinella arcta (R. T. Lowe, 1831)

Rank

Species

Parent

Actinella (Actinella) R. T. Lowe, 1852 represented as Actinella R. T. Lowe, 1852

Original name

Helix (Helicodonta) arcta R. T. Lowe, 1831

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Lowe, R. T. (1831). Primitiae faunae et florae Maderae et Portus Sancti; sive species quaedam novae vel hactenus minus rite cognitae animalium et plantarum in his insulis degentium breviter descriptae. Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 4 (1): 1-70, pl. 1-6. Cambridge., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13265840
page(s): 42, pl. 5 fig. 7 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Actinella (Actinella) arcta (R. T. Lowe, 1831). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002306 on 2026-06-26

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Actinella (Actinella) arcta (R. T. Lowe, 1831). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002306 on 2026-06-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-06-27 08:15:30Z

created

Neubert, Eike

2017-12-20 08:11:51Z

changed

Neubert, Eike

2021-04-09 08:19:29Z

changed

Páll-Gergely, Barna

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Sources (3)

original description (of ) Lowe, R. T. (1831). Primitiae faunae et florae Maderae et Portus Sancti; sive species quaedam novae vel hactenus minus rite cognitae animalium et plantarum in his insulis degentium breviter descriptae. Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 4 (1): 1-70, pl. 1-6. Cambridge., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13265840
page(s): 42, pl. 5 fig. 7 [details]

basis of record Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]

additional source Cameron, R. A. D., Teixeira, D., Pokryszko, B., Silva, I. & Groh, K. (2021). An annotated checklist of the extant and Quaternary land molluscs of the Desertas Islands, Madeiran Archipelago. Journal of Conchology. 44(1): 53-70.
page(s): 62 [details] Available for editors