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Pilsbryspira melchersi (Menke, 1851)

AphiaID

434640 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:434640)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pilsbryspira Bartsch, 1950

Original name

Pleurotoma melchersi Menke, 1851

Synonymised names

Pleurotoma melchersi Menke, 1851 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Pleurotoma melchersi Menke, 1851) Menke, C. T. (1851). Conchylien von Mazatlan mit kritischen Anmerkungen. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 7(11): 161-173 ["1850"; 30 April 1851]; 7(12): 177-190 ["1850"; 30 April 1851]; 8(2): 17-25 [30 June 1851]; 8(3): 33-38 [15 July 1851]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300461
page(s): 20 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Mazatlan

type locality contained in Mazatlan [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pilsbryspira melchersi (Menke, 1851). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434640 on 2025-08-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-12-02 09:46:51Z

created

Tucker, John

2024-12-23 06:36:42Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Pleurotoma melchersi Menke, 1851) Menke, C. T. (1851). Conchylien von Mazatlan mit kritischen Anmerkungen. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 7(11): 161-173 ["1850"; 30 April 1851]; 7(12): 177-190 ["1850"; 30 April 1851]; 8(2): 17-25 [30 June 1851]; 8(3): 33-38 [15 July 1851]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16300461
page(s): 20 [details]