WoRMS taxon details
Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
139859 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139859)
accepted
Species
Eulima (Eulima) polita (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Eulima altimirai F. Nordsieck, 1977 · unaccepted
Eulima glaberrima Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Eulima intermedia Cantraine, 1835 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eulima intermedia var. rubrotincta Jeffreys, 1867 · unaccepted
Eulima polita (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Eulima polita var. recta Requien, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanella intermedia (Cantraine, 1835) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanella recta (Réquien, 1849) · unaccepted
Melanella rubrotincta (Jeffreys, 1867) · unaccepted
Melanella sinuosa (Scacchi, 1836) · unaccepted
Polygireulima polita (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Polygireulima sinuosa (Scacchi, 1836) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (and superseded combination)
Rissoa sinuosa Scacchi, 1836 · unaccepted (synonym)
Turbo politus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
marine
(of Turbo politus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 767 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 767 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea -...
type locality contained in Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139859 on 2026-10-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eulima intermedia Cantraine, 1835) Cantraine, F. J. (1835). Diagnoses ou descriptions succinctes de quelques espèces nouvelles de mollusques. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles.</em> 2(11): 380-401., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2880681 [details] 
original description (of Eulima intermedia var. rubrotincta Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 204 [details]
original description (of Turbo politus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 767 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Eulima altimirai F. Nordsieck, 1977) Nordsieck, F. (1977). Some new <i>Eulima</i>. <i>Eulima (Polygyreulima) altimirai</i> n. sp. <em>Miscel.lanea Zoologica, Barcelona.</em> 4(1): 41-42., available online at http://www.raco.cat/index.php/Mzoologica/article/view/92211/170026
page(s): 41-42 [details]
original description (of Eulima polita var. recta Requien, 1849) Requien, E. (1848). <i>Catalogue des coquilles de l'Île de Corse</i>. Avignon: Seguin. v-xii, 13-109 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59044288 [details]
original description (of Eulima glaberrima Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]
original description (of Rissoa sinuosa Scacchi, 1836) Scacchi, A. (1836). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum Regni Neapolitani quæ usque adhuc reperit A. Scacchi</i>. Neapoli [Naples]: Typis Filiatre-Sebetii. 18 p., 1 pl. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=5w3-xBgAOnIC, http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34807484
page(s): 15, note 31 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
original description (of Eulima intermedia var. rubrotincta Jeffreys, 1867) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 204 [details]
original description (of Turbo politus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 767 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Eulima altimirai F. Nordsieck, 1977) Nordsieck, F. (1977). Some new <i>Eulima</i>. <i>Eulima (Polygyreulima) altimirai</i> n. sp. <em>Miscel.lanea Zoologica, Barcelona.</em> 4(1): 41-42., available online at http://www.raco.cat/index.php/Mzoologica/article/view/92211/170026
page(s): 41-42 [details]
original description (of Eulima polita var. recta Requien, 1849) Requien, E. (1848). <i>Catalogue des coquilles de l'Île de Corse</i>. Avignon: Seguin. v-xii, 13-109 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59044288 [details]
original description (of Eulima glaberrima Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]
original description (of Rissoa sinuosa Scacchi, 1836) Scacchi, A. (1836). <i>Catalogus conchyliorum Regni Neapolitani quæ usque adhuc reperit A. Scacchi</i>. Neapoli [Naples]: Typis Filiatre-Sebetii. 18 p., 1 pl. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=5w3-xBgAOnIC, http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34807484
page(s): 15, note 31 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
subsequent type designation
Warén, A. (1988). The identity of <i>Turbo politus</i> Linneaus, 1758 (Prosobranchia, Eulimidae). <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 24 (1-4): 17-24., available online at http://www.societaitalianadimalacologia.it/Bollettino/Bollettino%201988/017-024%20Waren%201988%20The%20identity%20of%20Turbo%20politus.pdf
note: neotype designated for Turbo politus Linnaeus, 1758, Eulima intermedia Cantraine, 1835 and Rissoa sinuosa Scacchi, 1836 [details]
note: neotype designated for Turbo politus Linnaeus, 1758, Eulima intermedia Cantraine, 1835 and Rissoa sinuosa Scacchi, 1836 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Rissoa sinuosa Scacchi, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (116 publications) (from synonym Eulima intermedia Cantraine, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Turbo politus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Melanella intermedia (Cantraine, 1835))
To Dyntaxa
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758) Tunisia, Medenine, Ile de Jerba, Plage de Sidi Ma...
To Malacopics (Melanella polita (Linnaeus,1758) Italy, between Corse and Italian mainland)
To PESI (from synonym Polygireulima polita (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Eulima altimirai F. Nordsieck, 1977)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Melanella intermedia (Cantraine, 1835))
To PESI (from synonym Eulima glaberrima Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Melanella rubrotincta (Jeffreys, 1867))
To PESI (from synonym Turbo politus Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Eulima intermedia Cantraine, 1835)
To PESI (from synonym Rissoa sinuosa Scacchi, 1836)
To PESI (from synonym Eulima intermedia var. rubrotincta Jeffreys, 1867)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Melanella intermedia (Cantraine, 1835))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (116 publications) (from synonym Eulima intermedia Cantraine, 1835)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications) (from synonym Turbo politus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Melanella intermedia (Cantraine, 1835))
To Dyntaxa
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758) Tunisia, Medenine, Ile de Jerba, Plage de Sidi Ma...
To Malacopics (Melanella polita (Linnaeus,1758) Italy, between Corse and Italian mainland)
To PESI (from synonym Polygireulima polita (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Eulima altimirai F. Nordsieck, 1977)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Melanella intermedia (Cantraine, 1835))
To PESI (from synonym Eulima glaberrima Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Melanella rubrotincta (Jeffreys, 1867))
To PESI (from synonym Turbo politus Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Eulima intermedia Cantraine, 1835)
To PESI (from synonym Rissoa sinuosa Scacchi, 1836)
To PESI (from synonym Eulima intermedia var. rubrotincta Jeffreys, 1867)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Melanella intermedia (Cantraine, 1835))
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