WoRMS name details
Melatomidae T. Gill, 1871
578158 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:578158)
unaccepted
Family
Melatoma Swainson, 1840 accepted as Clionella J. E. Gray, 1847
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gill T. (1871). Arrangement of the families of mollusks. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 227: xvi + 49 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9051572
page(s): 4 [details]
page(s): 4 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Melatomidae T. Gill, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578158 on 2026-02-05
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Gill T. (1871). Arrangement of the families of mollusks. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 227: xvi + 49 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9051572
page(s): 4 [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 77(3): 273-308., available online at http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/3/273.full.pdf [details]
page(s): 4 [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 77(3): 273-308., available online at http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/3/273.full.pdf [details]
