MolluscaBase - Melanella capa (Bartsch, 1926)

MolluscaBase name details

Melanella capa (Bartsch, 1926)

AphiaID

566721 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:566721)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Melanella olssoni (Bartsch, 1924)

Rank

Species

Parent

Melanella Bowdich, 1822

Original name

Melanella (Balcis) capa Bartsch, 1926

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Melanella (Balcis) capa Bartsch, 1926) Bartsch, P. (1926). Additional new mollusks from Santa Elena Bay, Ecuador. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 69(2646): 1-20, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15385077
page(s): 17, pl. 3, fig. 2 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanella capa (Bartsch, 1926). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=566721 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-03-24 10:49:48Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2021-04-07 20:01:31Z

checked

Marshall, Bruce

2024-10-20 00:40:07Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description (of Melanella (Balcis) capa Bartsch, 1926) Bartsch, P. (1926). Additional new mollusks from Santa Elena Bay, Ecuador. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 69(2646): 1-20, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15385077
page(s): 17, pl. 3, fig. 2 [details]

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