ERMS taxon details
Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
139832 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139832)
accepted
Species
Eulima alba (da Costa, 1778) · unaccepted
Eulima anglica G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eulima porcellana A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted
Eulima subangulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 · unaccepted (synonym)
Strombiformis albus da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Strombiformis albus da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 116-117 [details]
page(s): 116-117 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=139832 on 2025-05-01
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139832 on 2025-05-01
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original description
(of Strombiformis albus da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 116-117 [details]
original description (of Eulima anglica G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834). <i>Eulima</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 52-53, fig. 1-15. Catalogue and index, 2 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915945
page(s): 52, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Eulima porcellana A. Adams, 1854) Adams, A. (1854). Descriptions of new species of <i>Eulima</i>, <i>Triphoris</i>, etc. from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1851) 19: 276-279., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859388
page(s): 276. [details]
original description (of Eulima subangulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834). <i>Eulima</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 52-53, fig. 1-15. Catalogue and index, 2 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915945
page(s): 52, fig. 8 [sic; corrected to 3] [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
basis of record Landau, B. M.; Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F. (2018). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 2. Caenogastropoda. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 18 (2): 177-368.
page(s): 313, pl. 143 figs 1-3 [details] Available for editors
additional source Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]
page(s): 116-117 [details]
original description (of Eulima anglica G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834). <i>Eulima</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 52-53, fig. 1-15. Catalogue and index, 2 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915945
page(s): 52, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Eulima porcellana A. Adams, 1854) Adams, A. (1854). Descriptions of new species of <i>Eulima</i>, <i>Triphoris</i>, etc. from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1851) 19: 276-279., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859388
page(s): 276. [details]
original description (of Eulima subangulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834). <i>Eulima</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 52-53, fig. 1-15. Catalogue and index, 2 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915945
page(s): 52, fig. 8 [sic; corrected to 3] [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
basis of record Landau, B. M.; Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F. (2018). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 2. Caenogastropoda. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 18 (2): 177-368.
page(s): 313, pl. 143 figs 1-3 [details] Available for editors
additional source Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Eulima porcellana A. Adams, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Eulima subangulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Strombiformis albus da Costa, 1778)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Eulima alba (da Costa, 1778))
To Dyntaxa
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Herm, Shell Beach, beached, ...
To Malacopics (Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Strombiformis albus da Costa, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Eulima anglica G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
To PESI (from synonym Eulima porcellana A. Adams, 1854)
To PESI (from synonym Eulima subangulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Eulima porcellana A. Adams, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Eulima subangulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Strombiformis albus da Costa, 1778)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Eulima alba (da Costa, 1778))
To Dyntaxa
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Herm, Shell Beach, beached, ...
To Malacopics (Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Strombiformis albus da Costa, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Eulima anglica G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
To PESI (from synonym Eulima porcellana A. Adams, 1854)
To PESI (from synonym Eulima subangulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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