RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Pfeiffer, Monographia Pneumonoporum. CUL-DAR46.2.B25-B27. 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.


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Pfeiffer Monographia Pneumonoporum 1852

Geomelania 26 species all Jamaica

Cyclotus conoideus Seychelles. S. America, Mauritius, 45 species mundane, chiefly hot countries (not Europe?)

Craspedopoma 2 spec. both Madeira

Cyclophorus trigidus Foo Choo. var. in Bashea group

― punctatus Ceylon, China. var. Borneo

177 85 species chiefly Indian & Malayan Arch; few Brasil & S America; & several on small isld of Pacific to New Zealand.

Leptopoma vitreum, N. Guinea, Phillipines, Java, N. Zealand var in Neilgherries

29 species chiefly Malay Arch. India/ 1 in Pitcairn Isd.

Diphonomatina 4 spe. India & Philippines

Jamaicia 2 species Jamaica

Licina 4 ― W Indies

[Choempimu] 4 ― W. do

Cyclostomus articulatis Madagascar, Rodriguez, East Indies

Cyclostomus 1 Europe chiefly Madagascar & islds 1 Caroline Arch 2 India Savoy W. Indies, Few in India

― pyrostoma, Madagascar, Mayotte

85 species

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Cistula 34 species W. India & adjoining continent 1 on Each coast of Australia.

Pomatias 10 sp. Europe—

Omphalotropus 14 sp. Pacific ocean various isld, Mauritius 1 India

Stoastoma 1. Opara, Jamaica all the rest, 20 species.

Helicina 148 species; W. Indies, Sandwich. Boralosa & Pacific generally

S & N. America Brasil, Philippines. Coast of Australia Nicobar isd — none in India or Indian central isld or in Africa.—

 

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Helix. beginning at p. 250 p 242 Vol I Pfeiffer Monograph

[table]

Species found at 2 or more isld of Phillipines not having any varieties 651 667 685

species having. vars. found indifferently on one island or on more islds, but the species occuring on more than one isld. H. harfordii 645 652 657 987 1046 134 addendum

species having vars confined to the different islds. H. sarcinosa 645 656 1027 1032

found on one isld no vars [numbers] This show how many most species confined to one isld.— I have discontinued this list

Other cases in p. 1 & 2 of my Abstract not here copied out.—

It is clear that the rule is that each species inhabits only single isld in Philippines.

Cuming did not seem to know much about these vars. but confirmed the fact.—

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Vol 2 Pfeiffer Monographia

Bulimus Daphnis Philippines vars. in different islds.—

― ventricosus do do

Vol 3

― Guildingi Tortota var. in Haiti


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