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Natica ponsonbyi Melvill, 1899
586970 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:586970)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
- Variety Natica ponsonbyi var. azona Melvill, 1928 accepted as Natica vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Melvill, J. C. (1899). Notes on the Mollusca of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman, mostly dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, with descriptions of twenty-seven species. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 7, 4(20): 81-101, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19208812
page(s): 91, pl. 2, fig. 4 [details]
page(s): 91, pl. 2, fig. 4 [details]
Type locality contained in Persian Gulf, Karachi Coast
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Natica ponsonbyi Melvill, 1899. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=586970 on 2025-09-11
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Melvill, J. C. (1899). Notes on the Mollusca of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman, mostly dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, with descriptions of twenty-seven species. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 7, 4(20): 81-101, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19208812
page(s): 91, pl. 2, fig. 4 [details]
source of synonymy Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. <em>Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum.</em> 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/251565.pdf [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 91, pl. 2, fig. 4 [details]
source of synonymy Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. <em>Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum.</em> 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/251565.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
