RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Pfeiffer, Monog Heliceorum viventium. CUL-DAR46.2.B19-B24. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2022. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR46.2 contains Notes for Natural selection.

Ludwig Georg Karl Pfeiffer. 1848-1853. Monographia heliceorum viventium: sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium huius familiae generum et specierum hodie cognitarum. 3 vols. Leipzig.


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L. Pfeiffer. Monog. Heliceorum (Land Shells) viventium. 1848. Vol I.

p. 8 Streptaxis Gray Souleyetiana Seychelles

10 ― pyriformis Rodriguez} 23 species over world

Odontosterna d'Orbigny — America 6 species

Helix cornu giganteum New Zealand, Madagascar, C. Good Hope.

― cubenis, Cuba var Q in Jamaica

― fulva Europe N. America

― onrnaletta Pitcairn & Opara

― cultrata Tahiti et Eimeo

― sucrinulata Gonaham var B. Noukahivah (Marquesas?)

― tongana Friendly & Philippines Isd

― misella Moluccas & Sandwich

― spectabilis Samoa Philippines var. Leyte Philippines

― semigolosa do do

― turbiniformis Cuba. var. Jamaica

― vitrinoides Bengal Philippines

― rufa New Ireland & Mauritius.

― Boothiana. Cuba var. Jamaica

― arborea Massachusetts & Cuba

― vortex Cuba. & St Croix

― pura Europe. N. America

― Metcalfii vars in isld of Philippines.

― exclusa New Guinea & Vanikoro

― planorbis New Guinea & Philippines

― cupida Samoa & Tahiti

― syriaca. Syria, Aegypt, var. Sicily

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I observe that the consecutive species often come from same or adjoining localities. Range generally much confined. Endless islets have their peculiar species.— Every isld inhabited.

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Helix podicus. Philippines. vars in Provinces, & islands.

― Lanuginosa N. Africa. Majorca, Palma

―p 150 Cobresiana Europe var in O Mountains

― pesaria Europe N. Africa var. Canary & Madeira, Sardinia

― Roseti Algiers, Morea, Canary

― Michaudi Teneriffe, P. Santo

― semulata Syria & Canary Isd

― maritima S. France & do.

― dealbata Porto Santo. var. Ilheo de Baxo

― planata Morocco Canary Isds

― cyclodon. Canary, Madeira, Azores

― bursatella Tahiti & Eimeo

― oblecta P. Santo & Ilheo de Baxo

― panpercula. Madeira, P. Santo other cases of this, Fayal, Guinea

― Thianella Canary & Madeira

― indistincta Haiti, var Mexico

p 202. Winteriana Java. var. Philippines

 approximata, Ternate & Hogoleu Caroline Arch.

 trochiformis Tahiti & Opara, Mauritius

 lenticula. Europe. Canary Madeira

 polymorph. Madera, Canary

 Dumontii Philippines var. New Ireland

 Troscheli Cuba, Bermuda

 aspersa, Europe, N. Africa. Azores Brazil., var. Azores.

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Helix

Helix. sarcinosa. vars. in separate islds. Philippines

Cailliando 2 vars do do

 Zonifera vars in Islds.— do (in other list)

― lima Portorica var. Curacao

 adrena, Canary, Azores, St Vincent

 lactea S. Europe Teneriffe. Monte Video

 nemoralis Europe., N. America

 candidissima. Mediterranean, Marianne islds

 plicaria. Teneriffe P. Rico, St Thomas,. Africa?

 squamosa Porto Rico. var. St. Thomas. do?

 denticus Martinique, Guadeloupe, Cayenne (also another species.)

 pileus E. India, Amboina

 similaris Brazil, Bourbon, Cuba Java, Seychelles, China

 arbutorum, many alpine vars (I have see few other cases of alpine vars.

{pyrenaica et frigida et fœterus 2 European alpina species, [illeg] et Schonittii et — et — et et et— et et et &c. all alpine species vide back of Page

 pulchella. Europe N. America Madeira

 planabella. Porto Rico, Teneriffe

 Taranchi N Zealand, Torres St

 Zonaria. Timor Waigiou Java

 Microdonta Bermuda & Texas

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H. Alpina, alps of France Grand Chartreuse & Carinthia & Corniche

There seems more common to Alps & N. of Europe, or hardly any in Common to alpine summit of Europe.—

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Addendum to Helix. Vol. 3

Helix Adamsi Pitcairn & Opara

tari Marquesas, Borneo

ornatella Pitcairn var. in Opara

― nobilis Borneo var. Philippines

p 111. densa Philipines var. Borneo

― Jacquinata Tahiti & Marquesas

― approximata, Sandwich, var. Carolinas

1639 species of Helix, in add Vol 3. of the Monographia Heliceorum 1853.—

Vol 2 — Bulimus

Bulimus perversus. Philippines, Guyana, India, Java, Timor, Celebes.— vars. in different places.

― lævus, Java, Amboina, Timor

― morosus, Feejee

 162 Canary Isds

 171 Oheterra Pacific

 174— Society islds 176 Marianne Isd / 178 Hucliana Seychelles. Opara St Helena

 180 Vanikoro /181. [illeg] Chain Isd.— / Sandwich Isd Solomon Isd/ Galapagos

― otaheitarus Soc. (2 species var. Eimeo

― baeticatus et badiosus. Canary Is & St. Thomas Coast of Africa?

― multifasciatus W. Indian Guadeloupe. et Martinique var Guyana

― fibratus New Caledonia & Friendly Isd.

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Bulimus vol 2.

Some Bulimi common to Europe & Canary Isd. & others to do & Azores

Bulimus Goodallii E. Indies. S. America Maritius, Madagascar

Vol 3. addenda

― perversus Moluccas & Java. var. Birman E.

[illeg] Guildingi Tortota var. in Haiti

 909 Species. The individual species have not such wide ranges as Helix— nor so many varieties.—

Achatinella Vol I 53 species with [illeg] addenda all Sandwich isld, except 1 Marianne Isd. (& except some from unknown Hab.) — 2 cases of vars in particular islands; some, (probably? most) species confined to single isld of group.

Achatina. with addenda species old & New word. Sandwich Isd W. Indian Isds Juan Fernandez 3 or 4 Species — Teneriffe, Madeira. /F. Po/ many specs P. Sancto.

― lubrica Europe, N. America, Madeira

 229 species all over world

Pupa. Sandwich Isd. Canary, Mauritius, Sir Ch. Hardy Isd New Zealand. Greenland. Tahiti 2000 ft Marquesas

― fusus. Mauritius, Haiti, et Guadeloupe (imported C.D. (there seem few arctic land-shells

226 species over. world.—

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Cylindrella. chiefly W. Indian Isd; & neighbouring main-land.

1 Philippines

102 species

Balea Europe, 2 Tristan d' Acunha, S. & N. America New Zealand, Sandwich Isd N. Australia, 14 species

Tortonaletta 26 species little isld over whole world.—

Clausilia. Europe, China, Java, Mediterranean islds. 1 Peru 28 America Madeira Bengal Corean Arch: Foo Choo — None N. American, or African

278 species — Few in isld. except, Madeira & Foo Choo

Vitrina, Europe. India Philippines — Africa, Natal Canary Isd, Madeira Australia— Auckland Isd. Sandwich Isd, Greenland, Brasil. New Zealand U. States

74 species (always with addenda)

Succinea, Europe, India, St. Helena, Natal, Australia Sandwich isld, Tahiti, Oregon, U States, Brazil T. del Fuego, Juan Fernandez 5 spec / Mocassin 3 species, Greenland W. Indies Borneo 106 species.

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Succinea semiglobosa. mas a fuera Masafuera 1

― Gayana, Juan Fernandez 1

― mamillata do 2

― fragilis do 3

― pinguis mas [opara] 2

― rulicendra— do 3

― Cumingii 3 mas-a Fuera

 What sort of Eggs?


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