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Zafra melitoma (Melvill & Standen, 1901)

To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Columbella melitoma. Melvill & Standen, 1901. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 405 - catalog no. 97737)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Columbella melitoma. Melvill & Standen, 1901. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 405 - catalog no. 97737)

511617  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:511617)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Columbellidae (Family)
  9. Zafra (Genus)
  10. Zafra melitoma (Species)
accepted
Species
Columbella (Seminella) melitoma Melvill & Standen, 1901 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Columbella melitoma Melvill & Standen, 1901 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Columbella (Seminella) melitoma Melvill & Standen, 1901) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1901). The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Seas as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1900, with descriptions of new species. Part 1, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1901 (2): 327-460., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888798
page(s): 405, pl. 23, fig. 5 [details] 
Type locality contained in Karachi Coast  
type locality contained in Karachi Coast [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Zafra melitoma (Melvill & Standen, 1901). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511617 on 2025-09-10
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2010-09-01 19:50:42Z
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Monsecour, Kevin
2022-08-11 23:10:29Z
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Marshall, Bruce

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original description (of Columbella (Seminella) melitoma Melvill & Standen, 1901) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1901). The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Seas as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1900, with descriptions of new species. Part 1, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1901 (2): 327-460., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888798
page(s): 405, pl. 23, fig. 5 [details] 

basis of record Monsecour, K. (2010). Checklist of Columbellidae. pers. comm. [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Syntype (of Columbella melitoma Melvill & Standen, 1901) ZMB 55.907, geounit Karachi [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Columbella melitoma. Melvill & Standen, 1901. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 405 - catalog no. 97737) (from synonym Columbella melitoma Melvill & Standen, 1901)
To Malacopics (Zafra melitoma (Melvill & Standen, 1901)) 
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