WoRMS name details
Trochus (Calcar) melchersi Menke, 1851
1777298 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1777298)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Trochus (Calcar) Montfort, 1810 accepted as Astralium Link, 1807
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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): 171 [details]
page(s): 171 [details]
Type locality contained in Pacific Coast of Mexico
type locality contained in Pacific Coast of Mexico [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Trochus (Calcar) melchersi Menke, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1777298 on 2026-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 171 [details]
page(s): 171 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
McLean, J. H. (1971). Order Archaeogastropoda and Family Turridae. pp. 307-363, 686-766. In: Keen, M. A. Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru.
page(s): 356 [details]
page(s): 356 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
