MolluscaBase - Buliminus (Rhachis) melanacme (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)

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Buliminus (Rhachis) melanacme (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)

AphiaID

1337085 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1337085)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Rhachistia melanacme (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)

Rank

Species

Parent

Buliminus (Rhachis) Connolly, 1925 accepted as Rachis Albers, 1850

Original name

Bulimus melanacme L. Pfeiffer, 1855

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Variety Buliminus (Rhachis) melanacme var. neumanni E. von Martens, 1897 accepted as Rhachidina usagarica (E. A. Smith, 1890) (original combination)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Bulimus melanacme L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Pfeiffer, L. (1855). Descriptions of forty-seven new species of Helicea, from the collection of H. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 23 (290): 91–101, pl. 31. London [23 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747974
page(s): 96 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Buliminus (Rhachis) melanacme (L. Pfeiffer, 1855). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1337085 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-03-26 16:29:55Z

created

Herbert, David

2019-05-24 07:13:39Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2022-08-30 07:32:28Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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original description (of Bulimus melanacme L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Pfeiffer, L. (1855). Descriptions of forty-seven new species of Helicea, from the collection of H. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 23 (290): 91–101, pl. 31. London [23 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747974
page(s): 96 [details]