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Polinices melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791) 
AphiaID: 216926

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Naticoidea (Superfamily) > Naticidae (Family) > Polinicinae (Subfamily) > Polinices (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Mammilla melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791)
Rank Species
Parent Polinices Montfort, 1810
Source  basis of record: Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English black mouthed moon snail  [details]
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Chagos [details]
Mauritius [details]
Red Sea [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Image 
Polinices melanostomus (Gmelin, 1791)
Polinices melanostomus (Gmelin, 1791)
added on 2012-05-23 - author: Dr. WJ Chen ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216926
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-05-22 10:11:26Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-04-17 06:55:24Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
2011-12-16 01:53:09Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2013). Polinices melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216926 on 2013-06-19
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