MolluscaBase name details
Latirus melvilli Dall & Ochsner, 1928 †
955928 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:955928)
unaccepted > junior homonym (not Latirus melvilli Schepman, 1911; Hesperaptyxis meridionalis is a replacement name)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Dall, W. H.; Ochsner, W. H. (1928). Tertiary and Pleistocene Mollusca from the Galapagos Islands. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> ser. 4, 17(4): 89-139, pls 2-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3129383
page(s): 106, pl. 6 fig. 10 [details]
page(s): 106, pl. 6 fig. 10 [details]
Type locality contained in Galapagos
type locality contained in Galapagos [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Latirus melvilli Dall & Ochsner, 1928 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=955928 on 2025-09-11
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Dall, W. H.; Ochsner, W. H. (1928). Tertiary and Pleistocene Mollusca from the Galapagos Islands. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> ser. 4, 17(4): 89-139, pls 2-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3129383
page(s): 106, pl. 6 fig. 10 [details]
page(s): 106, pl. 6 fig. 10 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
