WoRMS name details
Mayena australasia (G. Perry, 1811)
477041 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:477041)
unaccepted (superseded combination)
Species
Mayena Iredale, 1917 accepted as Ranella Lamarck, 1816
- Subspecies Mayena australasia australasia (G. Perry, 1811) accepted as Ranella australasia (G. Perry, 1811) (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subspecies Mayena australasia benthicola Iredale, 1929 accepted as Ranella australasia (G. Perry, 1811) (junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Mayena australasia blacki A. W. B. Powell, 1954 accepted as Ranella australasia (G. Perry, 1811) (junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Mayena australasia vossi A. W. B. Powell, 1952 accepted as Ranella australasia (G. Perry, 1811) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Biplex australasia G. Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 4, figs 2, 4 [details]
page(s): pl. 4, figs 2, 4 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mayena australasia (G. Perry, 1811). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=477041 on 2026-05-07
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
(of Biplex australasia G. Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 4, figs 2, 4 [details]
page(s): pl. 4, figs 2, 4 [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality