MolluscaBase - Arabia bentianum (Melvill, 1895)

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Arabia bentianum (Melvill, 1895)

AphiaID

1288290 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1288290)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Rochebrunia bentiana (Melvill, 1895)

Rank

Species

Parent

Arabia Pallary, 1925 accepted as Rochebrunia Bourguignat, 1881

Original name

Otopoma bentianum Melvill, 1895

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Variety Arabia bentianum var. daliyana Pallary, 1925 accepted as Rochebrunia bentiana (Melvill, 1895) (junior synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Otopoma bentianum Melvill, 1895) Melvill, J. C. (1895). Descriptions of two new species of terrestrial Mollusca from the Hadramaut district, South Arabia. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 1 (5): 224-225. London [March].
page(s): 224, pl. XIV, fig. 8 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Arabia bentianum (Melvill, 1895). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1288290 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2018-07-29 15:36:45Z

created

Neubert, Eike

2023-02-08 16:26:38Z

changed

Herbert, David

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Sources (1)

original description (of Otopoma bentianum Melvill, 1895) Melvill, J. C. (1895). Descriptions of two new species of terrestrial Mollusca from the Hadramaut district, South Arabia. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 1 (5): 224-225. London [March].
page(s): 224, pl. XIV, fig. 8 [details]