WoRMS name details
Melanopsis (Melatoma) costata Swainson, 1840
435827 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:435827)
unaccepted (basionym)
Species
Melanopsis (Melatoma) Swainson, 1840 accepted as Melatoma Swainson, 1840 accepted as Clionella J. E. Gray, 1847
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 342, fig. 104 [details]
page(s): 342, fig. 104 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanopsis (Melatoma) costata Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435827 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 342, fig. 104 [details]
page(s): 342, fig. 104 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Dall, W. H. (1918). Notes on the nomenclature of the mollusks of the family Turritidae. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 54: 313-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15724094
page(s): 317 [details]
page(s): 317 [details]
