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Mammilla melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791) 
AphiaID: 569972

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Naticoidea (Superfamily) > Naticidae (Family) > Polinicinae (Subfamily) > Mammilla (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Mammilla Schumacher, 1817
Synonymised
taxa
  Mamilla melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791)
Natica melanochila Philippi, 1852
Natica melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791)
Natica opaca Récluz, 1851
Natica succineoides Reeve, 1855
Nerita melanostoma Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
Polinices melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791)
Sources  basis of record: Kabat A.R. (2000) Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 10. Mollusca, Gastropoda, Naticidae. Zoologische Mededelingen 73(25): 345-380., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/44304 [details]

additional source: Hollman M. (2008) Naticidae. In Poppe G.T. (ed.) Philippine marine mollusks, vol. 1: 482-501, pls 186-195. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. [details]

additional source: Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls. [details]

additional source: Huelsken T., Tapken D., Dahlmann T., Wägele H., Riginos C. & Hollmann M. (2012) Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within Polinices s.l. (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 12: 349-375. , available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-012-0111-5 [details]

from synonym: Kabat A.R., Finet Y. & Way K. (1997) Catalogue of the Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) described by C.A. Récluz, including the location of the type specimens. Apex 12(1): 15-26. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56 [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English black mouthed moon snail (from synonym)  [details]
Distribution Aldabra (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Chagos (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mascarene Basin (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Images 
Polinices melanostomus (Gmelin, 1791)
[image from synonym]
Polinices melanostomus (Gmelin, 1791)
added on 2012-05-23 - author: Dr. WJ Chen ()
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Mammilla melanostoma
Mammilla melanostoma
added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569972
Taxonomic
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2011-04-14 18:31:33Z  created  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Mammilla melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569972 on 2013-05-19
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