Delos jeffreysiana (Reeve, 1852)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Delos jeffreysiana (Reeve, 1852)
- Name authority
- (Reeve, 1852)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Family
- Rhytididae
- Genus
- Delos
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: yes. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classGastropoda Cuvier, 1795
- subclassHeterobranchia Burmeister, 1837
- infraclassEuthyneura Spengel, 1881
- subterclassTectipleura
- superorderEupulmonata Haszprunar & Huber, 1990
- infraorderRhytidoidei
- superfamilyRhytidoidea Pilsbry, 1893
- familyRhytididae Pilsbry, 1893
- subfamilyRhytidinae Pilsbry, 1893
- genusDelos F. W. Hutton, 1904
- speciesDelos jeffreysiana (Reeve, 1852)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Delos jeffreysiana (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) | synonym |
| Helix jeffreysiana L. Pfeiffer, 1853 L. Pfeiffer, 1853 | synonym |
| Helix jeffreysiana Reeve, 1852 Reeve, 1852 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Brook, F. J., & Ablett, J. D. (2019). Type material of land snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) described from New Zealand by taxonomists in Europe and North America between 1830 and 1934, and the history of research on the New Zealand land snail fauna from 1824 to 1917. Zootaxa, 4697: 1–117. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4697.1.1 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:34H6V. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.