MCZ Malacology 275778

Helix

Holotype of Helix ambigua  
  Lectotype of Helix ambigua

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2010-09-29

Central America: Jamaica: Greater Antilles: Jamaica | [no specific locality data]

Current Identification
Helix Linnaeus, 1758 linked data icon
Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Heterobranchia Stylommatophora Sigmurethra Helicoidea Helicidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: type ID

Adams 1849, page 35, Holotype of Helix ambigua Mouss. "A single individual occurs..."
Jacobson and Boss 1973, page 484, Lectotype of Helix ambigua Mouss. Likely an erroneous selection as Adams' description was based on a single specimen
Media type: text; Jacobson and Boss 1973 Description: BHL link to paper;

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Shows Publication: Jacobson and Boss 1973 Description: BHL link to paper

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Part Condition Disposition Count
shell (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: Verified on shelf summer 2018.

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  • Entered from ledger.

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  • Continent:
  • Central America
  • Country:
  • Jamaica
  • Island Group:
  • Greater Antilles
  • Island:
  • Jamaica
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005556 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Jamaica
  • Georeference:
  • 18.1692770°, -77.274719° (Error radius: 122659m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-09-10 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2010-09-29
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collectors:
  • Charles Baker Adamslinked data icon; Amherst

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Media type: text; Malacology 275776;  275777;  275778;  275779;  275780;  275781;  275782;  275783;  275784;  275785;  275786;  275787;  275788;  275789;  275790;  275791;  275792;  275793;  275794;  275795;  275796;  275797;  275798;  275799;  275800 Description: MCZ Malacology Mollusca 273001-278000, pg.112;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mala:275776 Helix jayana Syntype to MCZ:Ma...

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