WoRMS taxon details
Austrodaphnella alcestis (Melvill, 1906)
433076 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:433076)
accepted
Species
Daphnella (Pleurotomella) alcestis Melvill, 1906 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Daphnella alcestis Melvill, 1906 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Daphnella (Pleurotomella) alcestis Melvill, 1906) Melvill, J. C. (1906). Descriptions of thirty-one Gastropoda and one scaphopod from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, dredged by Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1902-1904. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 7(2): 69-80, pls 7-8., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797513
page(s): 78, pl. 8 fig. 23 [details]
page(s): 78, pl. 8 fig. 23 [details]
Type locality contained in Gulf of Oman
type locality contained in Gulf of Oman [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Austrodaphnella alcestis (Melvill, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433076 on 2026-09-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Daphnella (Pleurotomella) alcestis Melvill, 1906) Melvill, J. C. (1906). Descriptions of thirty-one Gastropoda and one scaphopod from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, dredged by Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1902-1904. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 7(2): 69-80, pls 7-8., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797513
page(s): 78, pl. 8 fig. 23 [details]
page(s): 78, pl. 8 fig. 23 [details]
Other
additional source
Bonfitto, A., Sabelli, B. & Morassi, M. (2001). <i>Austrodaphnella yemenensis</i> new species (Gastropoda: Turridae) from Yemen, Red Sea, with notes on <i>A. alcestis</i> (Melvill, 1906). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 115(3): 84-89, figs. 1-10., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8097239 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
