MolluscaBase - Paulonaria minoridens (Melvill, 1901)

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Paulonaria minoridens (Melvill, 1901)

AphiaID

1552849 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1552849)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Purpuradusta minoridens minoridens (Melvill, 1901)

Rank

Species

Parent

Paulonaria Iredale, 1930 accepted as Naria J. E. Gray, 1837

Original name

Cypraea minoridens Melvill, 1901

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Subspecies Paulonaria minoridens suvaensis Steadman & Cotton, 1943 accepted as Purpuradusta minoridens minoridens (Melvill, 1901) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Cypraea minoridens Melvill, 1901) Melvill, J. C. (1901). Cypraea chrysalis Kien. and C. microdon Gray. Journal of Conchology. 10 (4): 117-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31649937
page(s): 119 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Paulonaria minoridens (Melvill, 1901). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1552849 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-12-21 14:32:46Z

created

Dekker, Henk

2022-07-29 02:38:08Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description (of Cypraea minoridens Melvill, 1901) Melvill, J. C. (1901). Cypraea chrysalis Kien. and C. microdon Gray. Journal of Conchology. 10 (4): 117-119., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31649937
page(s): 119 [details]