Molluscabase - Melafusus Swainson, 1840

MolluscaBase name details

Melafusus Swainson, 1840

AphiaID

1035723 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1035723)

Classification

Status

uncertain > nomen dubium (briefly described but no species included)

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pleuroceridae P. Fischer, 1885 (1863)

Orig. name

Melanopsis (Melafusus) Swainson, 1840

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

(of Melanopsis (Melafusus) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 201-203, 341 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melafusus Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1035723 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-09-16 19:58:00Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2018-03-01 08:54:58Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

2020-11-17 17:22:02Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

original description (of Melanopsis (Melafusus) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 201-203, 341 [details]