WoRMS taxon details
Melanella trunca (R. B. Watson, 1897)
139868 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139868)
accepted
Species
Eulima trunca R. B. Watson, 1897 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Melanella lutea Rodrìguez Garcìa del Castillo, 2000 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Eulima trunca R. B. Watson, 1897) Watson, R. B. (1897). On the marine Mollusca of Madeira; with descriptions of thirty-five new species, and an index-list of all the known sea-dwelling species of that island. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 26(19): 233-329, pl. 19-20., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31882661
page(s): 259 [details]
page(s): 259 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanella trunca (R. B. Watson, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139868 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Melanella lutea Rodrìguez Garcìa del Castillo, 2000) Rodrìguez Garcìa del Castillo, M. (2000). Description of a new Eulimid (Mollusca: Gastropoda) off the Canary Islands: <i>Melanella lutea</i> n. sp. <em>La Conchiglia.</em> 294-295: 82-86.
page(s): 82-86 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Eulima trunca R. B. Watson, 1897) Watson, R. B. (1897). On the marine Mollusca of Madeira; with descriptions of thirty-five new species, and an index-list of all the known sea-dwelling species of that island. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 26(19): 233-329, pl. 19-20., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31882661
page(s): 259 [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]
page(s): 82-86 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Eulima trunca R. B. Watson, 1897) Watson, R. B. (1897). On the marine Mollusca of Madeira; with descriptions of thirty-five new species, and an index-list of all the known sea-dwelling species of that island. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 26(19): 233-329, pl. 19-20., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31882661
page(s): 259 [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]




