MolluscaBase - Melaniella (Varicellula) Pilsbry, 1907

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Melaniella (Varicellula) Pilsbry, 1907

AphiaID

997865 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:997865)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Varicella (Varicellula) Pilsbry, 1907 represented as Varicella L. Pfeiffer, 1854

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Melaniella L. Pfeiffer, 1857

Original name

Varicella (Varicellula) Pilsbry, 1907

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Species Melaniella (Varicellula) inopinata (Pilsbry, 1907) represented as Melaniella inopinata (Pilsbry, 1907)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Varicella (Varicellula) Pilsbry, 1907) Pilsbry, H. A. (1907-1908). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 19: Oleacinidae, Ferussacidae. pp xxvii, 1-366, pls 1-52. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-10, 26 June 1907; pp. 65-128, pls 11-20, 31 Aug. 1907; pp. 129-192, pls 21-30, 9 December 1907; i-xxvii, pp. 193-366, pls 31-52, 31 July 1908]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1099043
page(s): 73 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melaniella (Varicellula) Pilsbry, 1907. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=997865 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2017-06-15 08:11:33Z

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Bank, Ruud

2017-12-19 08:11:38Z

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Bank, Ruud

2019-06-19 00:14:16Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2025-02-02 01:44:47Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description (of Varicella (Varicellula) Pilsbry, 1907) Pilsbry, H. A. (1907-1908). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 19: Oleacinidae, Ferussacidae. pp xxvii, 1-366, pls 1-52. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-10, 26 June 1907; pp. 65-128, pls 11-20, 31 Aug. 1907; pp. 129-192, pls 21-30, 9 December 1907; i-xxvii, pp. 193-366, pls 31-52, 31 July 1908]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1099043
page(s): 73 [details]

basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]