WoRMS taxon details
Melanella breviuscula (Dunker, 1875)
533059 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:533059)
accepted
Species
Eulima breviuscula Dunker, 1875 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Eulima breviuscula Dunker, 1875) Dunker, W. (1875). Ueber Conchylien von Desterro, Provinz Sta. Catharina, Brasilien. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 2: 240–254., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27002880
page(s): 243 [details]
page(s): 243 [details]
Type locality contained in Santa Catarina
type locality contained in Santa Catarina [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Warm Temperate Northwest Atlantic: Northern Gulf of Mexico; Tropical Northwestern Atlantic: Floridian, Bahamian, Eastern...
Distribution Warm Temperate Northwest Atlantic: Northern Gulf of Mexico; Tropical Northwestern Atlantic: Floridian, Bahamian, Eastern Caribbean, Western Caribbean; Tropical Southwestern Atlantic: Northeastern Brazil, Eastern Brazil; Warm Temperate Southwestern Atlantic: Southeastern Brazil, South Brazil. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanella breviuscula (Dunker, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533059 on 2025-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eulima breviuscula Dunker, 1875) Dunker, W. (1875). Ueber Conchylien von Desterro, Provinz Sta. Catharina, Brasilien. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 2: 240–254., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27002880
page(s): 243 [details]
basis of record Souza L.S. de & Pimenta A.D. (2019). Taxonomy of littoral <i>Melanella</i> (Gastropoda: Eulimidae) from Brazil, with comments on the <i>Eulima</i> described by Verrill and Bush (1900). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 49(1): 425-442., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0825-x
page(s): 435, figs 6a–i, 8e-f, 9c, 10c [details]
page(s): 243 [details]
basis of record Souza L.S. de & Pimenta A.D. (2019). Taxonomy of littoral <i>Melanella</i> (Gastropoda: Eulimidae) from Brazil, with comments on the <i>Eulima</i> described by Verrill and Bush (1900). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 49(1): 425-442., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0825-x
page(s): 435, figs 6a–i, 8e-f, 9c, 10c [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Warm Temperate Northwest Atlantic: Northern Gulf of Mexico; Tropical Northwestern Atlantic: Floridian, Bahamian, Eastern Caribbean, Western Caribbean; Tropical Southwestern Atlantic: Northeastern Brazil, Eastern Brazil; Warm Temperate Southwestern Atlantic: Southeastern Brazil, South Brazil. [details]
