MolluscaBase - Mesomphix (Omphalina) cupreus (Rafinesque, 1831)

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Mesomphix (Omphalina) cupreus (Rafinesque, 1831)

AphiaID

1324282 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1324282)

Classification

Status

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Accepted name

Mesomphix cupreus (Rafinesque, 1831)

Rank

Species

Parent

Mesomphix (Omphalina) Rafinesque, 1831 represented as Mesomphix Rafinesque, 1819

Original name

Omphalina cuprea Rafinesque, 1831

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Subspecies Mesomphix (Omphalina) cupreus miktus Pilsbry, 1946 accepted as Mesomphix capnodes (W. G. Binney, 1857)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Omphalina cuprea Rafinesque, 1831) Rafinesque, C. S. (1831). Enumeration and account of some remarkable natural objects of the cabinet of Prof. Rafinesque, in Philadelphia; being animals, shells, plants, fossils, collected by him in North America between 1816 and 1831. <em>Philadelphia.</em> 8 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49035292
page(s): 3 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mesomphix (Omphalina) cupreus (Rafinesque, 1831). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1324282 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

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action

2019-01-31 11:12:05Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Omphalina cuprea Rafinesque, 1831) Rafinesque, C. S. (1831). Enumeration and account of some remarkable natural objects of the cabinet of Prof. Rafinesque, in Philadelphia; being animals, shells, plants, fossils, collected by him in North America between 1816 and 1831. <em>Philadelphia.</em> 8 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49035292
page(s): 3 [details]