WoRMS taxon details
Medusafissurella melvilli (G. B. Sowerby III, 1882)
701776 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:701776)
accepted
Species
Fissurella melvilli G. B. Sowerby III, 1882 · unaccepted (original combination)
Medusafissurella gallagheri Smythe, 1988 · unaccepted
marine
(of Fissurella melvilli G. B. Sowerby III, 1882) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1882). Descriptions of new species of shells in the collection of Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1882: 117-121, pl. 5 [June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30825393 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Medusafissurella melvilli (G. B. Sowerby III, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=701776 on 2026-10-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Medusafissurella gallagheri Smythe, 1988) Smythe K.R. (1988). A new species of <i>Medusafissurella</i> (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae), a keyhole limpet from Oman. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 33: 97-101., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.407935 [details]
original description (of Fissurella melvilli G. B. Sowerby III, 1882) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1882). Descriptions of new species of shells in the collection of Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1882: 117-121, pl. 5 [June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30825393 [details]
basis of record Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) <i>Seashells of eastern Arabia.</i> Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
page(s): 31. [details]
original description (of Fissurella melvilli G. B. Sowerby III, 1882) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1882). Descriptions of new species of shells in the collection of Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1882: 117-121, pl. 5 [June]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30825393 [details]
basis of record Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) <i>Seashells of eastern Arabia.</i> Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
page(s): 31. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
