MolluscaBase taxon details
Truncatella obscura Morelet, 1881
557947 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:557947)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Morelet, A. (1881). Malacologie des Comores. Récolte de M. Marie à l'île Mayotte. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 29 (3): 212-241, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15856291
page(s): 239-240, pl. 10 fig. 12 [details]
page(s): 239-240, pl. 10 fig. 12 [details]
Type locality contained in Mayotte Disputed area: France / Comoros
type locality contained in Mayotte Disputed area: France / Comoros [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Truncatella obscura Morelet, 1881. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=557947 on 2025-09-10
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Morelet, A. (1881). Malacologie des Comores. Récolte de M. Marie à l'île Mayotte. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 29 (3): 212-241, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15856291
page(s): 239-240, pl. 10 fig. 12 [details]
additional source Breure, A.S.H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J.D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.
page(s): 369, fig. 769, syntype. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1948). A catalogue of the family Truncatellidae with notes and descriptions of new species. <em>Occasional Papers on Mollusks.</em> 1(13): 157-212, 4 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7756427
page(s): 204 [details]
additional source Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
page(s): 17 [details]
page(s): 239-240, pl. 10 fig. 12 [details]
additional source Breure, A.S.H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J.D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.
page(s): 369, fig. 769, syntype. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1948). A catalogue of the family Truncatellidae with notes and descriptions of new species. <em>Occasional Papers on Mollusks.</em> 1(13): 157-212, 4 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7756427
page(s): 204 [details]
additional source Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
page(s): 17 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Malacopics (Truncatella obscura Morelet, 1881)
To NHMUK collection (Truncatella obscura Morelet, 1881; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:7785895)
To NHMUK collection (Truncatella obscura Morelet, 1881; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:7785895)
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