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Eurychlamys vilipensa (W. H. Benson, 1853)

Source-backed taxonomic record

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
Eurychlamys vilipensa (W. H. Benson, 1853)
Name authority
(W. H. Benson, 1853)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Family
Helicarionidae
Genus
Eurychlamys
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumMollusca
  4. classGastropoda Cuvier, 1795
  5. subclassHeterobranchia Burmeister, 1837
  6. infraclassEuthyneura Spengel, 1881
  7. subterclassTectipleura
  8. superorderEupulmonata Haszprunar & Huber, 1990
  9. infraorderLimacoidei
  10. familyHelicarionidae Bourguignat, 1877
  11. subfamilyDurgellinae Godwin-Austen, 1888
  12. tribeDurgellini Godwin-Austen, 1888
  13. genusEurychlamys Godwin-Austen, 1899
  14. speciesEurychlamys vilipensa (W. H. Benson, 1853)

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 25 records assigned to Helicarionidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Helix vilipensa W. H. Benson, 1853 W. H. Benson, 1853synonym
Macrochlamys vilipensa (W. H. Benson, 1853) (W. H. Benson, 1853)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.

  1. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1316725 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:3D3MK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.