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Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822 
AphiaID: 217251

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Eulimoidea (Superfamily) > Eulimidae (Family) > Melanella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Melanella Bowdich, 1822
Synonymised
taxa
  Eulima arcuata G. B. Sowerby II, 1865
Eulima inflexa (Blainville, 1825)
Melanella dufresnei Bowdich, 1822 (incorrect subsequent spelling dufresnii)
Melanella inflexa (Blainville, 1825)
Melanella robillardiana Pilsbry, 1917
Phasianella inflexa Blainville, 1825
Sources  basis of record: Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96.
page(s): 54 [details]


additional source: Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com. [details]

additional source: Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp. [details]

from synonym: Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218. [details] [view taxon]

Distribution Mascarene Basin [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217251
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-03-10 09:48:29Z  created  Onyango, Eunice
2010-11-06 08:16:35Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Melanella dufresnii Bowdich, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217251 on 2013-05-24
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