WoRMS name details
Melanella solitaria (E. A. Smith, 1915)
197277 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:197277)
accepted > unreplaced junior homonym (based on preoccupied original name)
Species
Balcis solitaria (E. A. Smith, 1915) · unaccepted
Eulima solitaria E. A. Smith, 1915 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid; not C. B. Adams, 1852)
Melanella laseroni Hedley, 1916 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Eulima solitaria E. A. Smith, 1915) Smith, E. A. (1915). Mollusca. Part I. - Gastropoda Prosobranchia, Scaphopoda and Pelecypoda. <em>British Antarctic Terra Nova Expedition, Natural History Reports (Zoology).</em> 2(4): 61-112, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/965528
page(s): 64, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
page(s): 64, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
Type locality contained in McMurdo Sound
type locality contained in McMurdo Sound [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanella solitaria (E. A. Smith, 1915). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197277 on 2025-11-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Melanella laseroni Hedley, 1916) Hedley, C. (1916). Mollusca. Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914. Scientifc Reports, series C - Zoology and Botany. 4: 1-80, 3 text-figs., pls. 1-9. R. E. E. Rogers, Government Printer. North Terrace, Adelaide., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57464338
page(s): 49, pl. 7, fig. 79 [details]
original description (of Eulima solitaria E. A. Smith, 1915) Smith, E. A. (1915). Mollusca. Part I. - Gastropoda Prosobranchia, Scaphopoda and Pelecypoda. <em>British Antarctic Terra Nova Expedition, Natural History Reports (Zoology).</em> 2(4): 61-112, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/965528
page(s): 64, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
basis of record Engl, W. (2012). <i>Shells of Antarctica</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. [details]
page(s): 49, pl. 7, fig. 79 [details]
original description (of Eulima solitaria E. A. Smith, 1915) Smith, E. A. (1915). Mollusca. Part I. - Gastropoda Prosobranchia, Scaphopoda and Pelecypoda. <em>British Antarctic Terra Nova Expedition, Natural History Reports (Zoology).</em> 2(4): 61-112, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/965528
page(s): 64, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
basis of record Engl, W. (2012). <i>Shells of Antarctica</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. <em>Organisms Diversity and Evolution.</em> 3: 207-213., available online at https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/publication/sombase-southern-ocean-mollusc-database-a-tool-for-biogeographic/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
