MolluscaBase - Melanella (Melanella) micans (P. P. Carpenter, 1865)

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Melanella (Melanella) micans (P. P. Carpenter, 1865)

AphiaID

566925 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:566925)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Melanella micans (P. P. Carpenter, 1865)

Rank

Species

Parent

Melanella (Melanella) Bowdich, 1822 represented as Melanella Bowdich, 1822

Original name

Eulima micans P. P. Carpenter, 1865

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Subspecies Melanella (Melanella) micans borealis Bartsch, 1917 accepted as Melanella borealis (Bartsch, 1917) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Eulima micans P. P. Carpenter, 1865) Carpenter, P. P. (1865). Diagnoses specierum et varietatum novarum Moluscorum, prope Sinum Pugetianum a Kennerlio Doctore, nuper decesso, collectorum. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 17: 54–64., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1682135
page(s): 63 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melanella (Melanella) micans (Carpenter, 1865). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=566925 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-03-24 10:49:48Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2011-09-25 13:40:55Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

original description (of Eulima micans P. P. Carpenter, 1865) Carpenter, P. P. (1865). Diagnoses specierum et varietatum novarum Moluscorum, prope Sinum Pugetianum a Kennerlio Doctore, nuper decesso, collectorum. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 17: 54–64., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1682135
page(s): 63 [details]