MolluscaBase - Meladomus purpureus var. castaneus Kobelt, 1911

MolluscaBase name details

Meladomus purpureus var. castaneus Kobelt, 1911

AphiaID

843291 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:843291)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Lanistes purpureus (Jonas, 1839)

Rank

Variety

Parent

Meladomus purpureus (Jonas, 1839) accepted as Lanistes purpureus (Jonas, 1839)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Meladomus purpureus var. castaneus Kobelt, 1911. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843291 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-04-11 20:32:15Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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

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Sources (1)

basis of record Cowie, R. H. (2015). The recent apple snails of Africa and Asia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: <i>Afropomus, Forbesopomus, Lanistes, Pila, Saulea</i>): a nomenclatural and type catalogue. The apple snails of the Americas: addenda and corrigenda. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3940(1): 1-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3940.1.1 [details] Available for editors

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