WoRMS taxon details
Meloini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
AphiaID: 382351
AphiaID: 382351
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Volutidae (Family) > Amoriinae (Subfamily) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Tribe | |||||||
| Parent | Amoriinae Gray, 1857 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Cymbiolinae Bondarev, 1995 | |||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Bail P. & Poppe G.T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS) [details] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Cymbiola Swainson, 1831 Genus Melo Broderip in Sowerby I, 1826 Genus Aulica Gray, 1847 accepted as Cymbiola Swainson, 1831 Genus Aulicina Rovereto, 1899 accepted as Cymbiola Swainson, 1831 Genus Ausoba H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Cymbiola Swainson, 1831 Genus Cymbiolacca Iredale, 1929 accepted as Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) Iredale, 1929 represented as Cymbiola Swainson, 1831 Genus Cymbiolena Iredale, 1929 accepted as Cymbiola Swainson, 1831 Genus Melocorona Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 accepted as Melo Broderip in Sowerby I, 1826 Genus Pseudocymbiola McMichael, 1961 accepted as Cymbiolacca Iredale, 1929 accepted as Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) Iredale, 1929 represented as Cymbiola Swainson, 1831 Genus Scapha Gray, 1855 accepted as Cymbiola Swainson, 1831 Genus Volutocorona Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954 accepted as Cymbiola Swainson, 1831 | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Link | To ITIS | |||||||
| Note |
Diagnosis: Protoconch dome-shaped, variable in size, smooth or more or less axially ribbed. Body whorl medium to large, solid, often coronated with knobs or spines. Rich, tent-like, very variable pattern. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382351 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bail, P. (2013). Meloini. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382351 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||
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