WoRMS taxon details
Berthais Melvill, 1904
517237 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:517237)
accepted
Genus
Scala intertexta Melvill & Standen, 1903 accepted as Berthais intertexta (Melvill & Standen, 1903) accepted as Berthais egregia (A. Adams, 1863) (type by original designation)
- Species Berthais egregia (A. Adams, 1863)
- Species Berthais sundaica Thiele, 1925
- Species Berthais instricta (E. von Martens, 1904) accepted as Epitonium instrictum (E. von Martens, 1904)
- Species Berthais intertexta (Melvill & Standen, 1903) accepted as Berthais egregia (A. Adams, 1863) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
Melvill, J. C. (1904). On <i>Berthaïs</i>, a proposed new genus of marine Gastropoda from the Gulf of Oman. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 6: 61–63, textfigs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15176176 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Berthais Melvill, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517237 on 2026-06-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Melvill, J. C. (1904). On <i>Berthaïs</i>, a proposed new genus of marine Gastropoda from the Gulf of Oman. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 6: 61–63, textfigs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15176176 [details]
