WoRMS taxon details
Melarhaphe Menke, 1828
AphiaID: 446368
AphiaID: 446368
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Littorinoidea (Superfamily) > Littorinidae (Family) > Littorininae (Subfamily) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Littorininae Children, 1834 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Melaraphe Menke, 1828 (incorrect subsequent spelling) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Reid, D.G. (1986). The littorinid molluscs of mangrove forests in the Indo-Pacific region. British Museum (Natural History), London. [details] additional source: Reid, D. G. 1989. The Comparative Morphology, Phylogeny and Evolution of the Gastropod Family, Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 324: 1-110. [details] from synonym: Reid, D.G. (1989a) The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 324: 1-110. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Melarhaphe blanfordi Dunker, 1871 accepted as Littoraria articulata (Philippi, 1846) Species Melarhaphe induta (Westerlund, 1898) accepted as Melarhaphe neritoides (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Melarhaphe oliveri Finlay, 1930 accepted as Austrolittorina antipodum (Philippi, 1847) Species Melarhaphe scabra (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Littoraria scabra (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Melarhaphe subgranosa Dunker in Dunker & Zelebor, 1866 accepted as Echinolittorina leucosticta (Philippi, 1847) Species Melarhaphe undulata (Gray, 1839) accepted as Littoraria undulata (Gray, 1839) Species Melarhaphe zelandiae Finlay, 1927 accepted as Austrolittorina cincta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:446368 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Reid, David G. (2013). Melarhaphe Menke, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446368 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||
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