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Melanella opaca (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865) 
AphiaID: 537100

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 opaca G. B. Sowerby II, 1865 (original combination)
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): 56 [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]

Environment marine
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:537100
Taxonomic
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2010-11-07 09:23:04Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Melanella opaca (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=537100 on 2013-05-24
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