MolluscaBase - Melanella montagui (Gray, 1847)

MolluscaBase name details

Melanella montagui (Gray, 1847)

AphiaID

566406 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:566406)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)

Rank

Species

Parent

Melanella Bowdich, 1822

Original name

Balcis montagui Leach, 1847

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Balcis montagui Leach, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 271 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanella montagui (Gray, 1847). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=566406 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-03-24 10:49:48Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2022-09-23 04:55:42Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description (of Balcis montagui Leach, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 271 [details]

basis of record Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com. [details]