MolluscaBase - Melocystis Iredale, 1937

MolluscaBase name details

Melocystis Iredale, 1937

AphiaID

818373 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:818373)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Nitor Gude, 1911

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Helix circumcincta J. C. Cox, 1868 accepted as Nitor circumcinctus (J. C. Cox, 1868) (type by original designation)

Parent

Helicarioninae Bourguignat, 1877

Original name

Melocystis Iredale, 1937

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Iredale, T. (1937). A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Part II. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 9(1): 1-39 [12 November 1937]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38926629
page(s): 5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melocystis Iredale, 1937. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818373 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-09-29 08:40:44Z

created

db_admin

2017-06-19 12:44:39Z

changed

Bank, Ruud

2018-09-23 02:58:00Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

2020-02-08 10:00:05Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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

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Sources (1)

original description Iredale, T. (1937). A basic list of the land Mollusca of Australia. Part II. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 9(1): 1-39 [12 November 1937]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38926629
page(s): 5 [details]