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Micromelo undatus (Bruguière, 1792) 
AphiaID: 140121

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > [unassigned] Heterobranchia (Infraclass) > Acteonoidea (Superfamily) > Aplustridae (Family) > Micromelo (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Micromelo Pilsbry, 1895
Synonymised
taxa
  Bulla elegans Menke, 1830
Bulla nitidula Dillwyn, 1817
Bulla undata Bruguière, 1792
Micromelo undata [sic] (incorrect gender ending)
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source: Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. Online http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz/ [details]

basis of record (from synonym): Check List of European Marine Mollusca (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Willan, R. (2009). Opisthobranchia (Mollusca). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] [view taxon]

identification resource: Poppe G. (2010) Philippine marine mollusks volume 3. 665 pp., pls 708-1014. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English polka-dot bubble shell (from synonym)  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Belize [details]
Cape Verde [details]
Caribbean Sea [details]
Colombia [details]
Costa Rica [details]
Cuba [details]
East Coast of South Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Mexico (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Hispaniola [details]
Jamaica [details]
Lesser Antilles [details]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Panama [details]
Puerto Rico [details]
San Andres [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Images 
Micromelo undatus
Micromelo undatus
added on 2012-07-12 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Micromelo undatus
Micromelo undatus
added on 2012-07-12 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140121
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2005-09-09 09:08:09Z  checked  Gofas, Serge
2010-08-30 13:25:40Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Micromelo undatus (Bruguière, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140121 on 2013-06-20
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