MolluscaBase taxon details
Melampus sculptus L. Pfeiffer, 1859
1480346 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1480346)
accepted
Species
Melampus fricki L. Pfeiffer, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, terrestrial
Pfeiffer, L. (1859). Descriptions of two new species of <i>Melampus</i>, from Mr. Cuming's collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 27(385): 29–30. London [30 June]. [details] 
Type locality contained in Admiralty Islands
type locality contained in Admiralty Islands [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melampus sculptus L. Pfeiffer, 1859. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1480346 on 2025-09-10
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original description
Pfeiffer, L. (1859). Descriptions of two new species of <i>Melampus</i>, from Mr. Cuming's collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 27(385): 29–30. London [30 June]. [details]
original description (of Melampus fricki L. Pfeiffer, 1859) Pfeiffer, L. (1859). Descriptions of two new species of <i>Melampus</i>, from Mr. Cuming's collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 27(385): 29–30. London [30 June]. [details]
basis of record Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). <i>Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands</i>. vi + 248 pp. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.
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original description (of Melampus fricki L. Pfeiffer, 1859) Pfeiffer, L. (1859). Descriptions of two new species of <i>Melampus</i>, from Mr. Cuming's collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 27(385): 29–30. London [30 June]. [details]
basis of record Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). <i>Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands</i>. vi + 248 pp. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.
page(s): 29. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
