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Alectryon Melvill, 1918
560419 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:560419)
unaccepted > unjustified emendation
Alectrion Montfort, 1810 accepted as Nassarius Duméril, 1805
Genus
- Subgenus Alectryon (Hima) [sic] accepted as Tritia Risso, 1826 (misspelling)
- Species Alectryon (Hima) gwatkinianus Melvill, 1918 accepted as Nassarius perpinguis (Hinds, 1844) accepted as Caesia perpinguis (Hinds, 1844) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Alectryon (Hima) protrusidens Melvill, 1918 accepted as Nassarius protrusidens (Melvill, 1918) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Alectryon (Phrontis) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Phrontis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Alectryon (Phrontis) alcimus Melvill, 1918 accepted as Alectrion (Phrontis) alcimus Melvill, 1918 accepted as Nassarius delicatus (A. Adams, 1852) (misspelling of genus)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Melvill, J. C. (1918). Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 9, 1: 137-158, pls 4-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002757
page(s): 140 [details]
page(s): 140 [details]
Nomenclature Prior to Melvill, the spelling Alectryon [e.g., Berthold, 1827, Latreille's natürliche Familien des Thierreichs: 187, 564]...
Nomenclature Prior to Melvill, the spelling Alectryon [e.g., Berthold, 1827, Latreille's natürliche Familien des Thierreichs: 187, 564] qualified as an incorrect subsequent spelling. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Alectryon Melvill, 1918. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560419 on 2026-08-15
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Melvill, J. C. (1918). Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 9, 1: 137-158, pls 4-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002757
page(s): 140 [details]
additional source Berthold, A. A. (1827). Latreille's naturliche Familien des Thierreichs. Aus dem französischen, mit Anmerkungen und Zugaben. pp. i-x, 1-606. Weimar. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12056431
page(s): 187, 564; note: as incorrect subsequent spelling [details]
status source Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 99: 337-353., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.019 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 140 [details]
additional source Berthold, A. A. (1827). Latreille's naturliche Familien des Thierreichs. Aus dem französischen, mit Anmerkungen und Zugaben. pp. i-x, 1-606. Weimar. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12056431
page(s): 187, 564; note: as incorrect subsequent spelling [details]
status source Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 99: 337-353., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.019 [details] Available for editors
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Nomenclature Prior to Melvill, the spelling Alectryon [e.g., Berthold, 1827, Latreille's natürliche Familien des Thierreichs: 187, 564] qualified as an incorrect subsequent spelling. [details]
