MolluscaBase - Scalaria hidryma Melvill, 1897

MolluscaBase name details

Scalaria hidryma Melvill, 1897

AphiaID

1425250 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1425250)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Opalia hidryma (Melvill, 1899)

Rank

Species

Parent

Scalaria Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Epitonium Röding, 1798

Original name

Scalaria (Cirsotrema) hidryma Melvill, 1897

Environment

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

Original description

(of Scalaria (Cirsotrema) hidryma Melvill, 1897) Melvill, J. C. (1899). Notes on the Mollusca of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman, mostly dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, with descriptions of twenty-seven species. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 7, 4(20): 81-101, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19208812
page(s): 92, pl. 1, fig. 10. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scalaria hidryma Melvill, 1897. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1425250 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-03-20 21:04:26Z

created

Marshall, Bruce

2022-08-12 00:22:18Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2023-02-09 16:02:57Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description (of Scalaria (Cirsotrema) hidryma Melvill, 1897) Melvill, J. C. (1899). Notes on the Mollusca of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman, mostly dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, with descriptions of twenty-seven species. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 7, 4(20): 81-101, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19208812
page(s): 92, pl. 1, fig. 10. [details]