MolluscaBase - Polinices opaca [sic]

MolluscaBase name details

Polinices opaca [sic]

AphiaID

817869 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:817869)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)

Accepted name

Polinices opacus (Récluz, 1851) accepted as Mammilla melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank

Species

Parent

Polinices Montfort, 1810

Original name

Natica opaca Récluz, 1851

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Natica opaca Récluz, 1851) Récluz, C.A. (1851). Description de quelques coquilles nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 2(2): 194-216, pls 5-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15855069 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polinices opaca [sic]. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=817869 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-09-23 09:07:44Z

created

Sartori, André F.

2022-09-03 20:04:46Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (0)

original description (of Natica opaca Récluz, 1851) Récluz, C.A. (1851). Description de quelques coquilles nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 2(2): 194-216, pls 5-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15855069 [details]

basis of record Cernohorsky, W. O. (1972). Marine Shells of the Pacific. Vol. II. Pacific Publications, Sydney, 411 pp. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality