WoRMS name details
Melanochlamys virgo (Rudman, 1968)
599207 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:599207)
unaccepted (superseded combination)
Species
Aglaja virgo Rudman, 1968 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Aglaja virgo Rudman, 1968) Rudman, W. B. (1968). Three new species of the opisthobranch family Aglajidae from New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand (Zoology).</em> 10: 211–216.
page(s): 214 [details]
page(s): 214 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Melanochlamys virgo (Rudman, 1968). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599207 on 2026-01-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Aglaja virgo Rudman, 1968) Rudman, W. B. (1968). Three new species of the opisthobranch family Aglajidae from New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand (Zoology).</em> 10: 211–216.
page(s): 214 [details]
basis of record Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online at http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz [details]
page(s): 214 [details]
basis of record Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online at http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz [details]
Other
additional source
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.023206; Aglaja virgo Rudman, 1968; holotype) (from synonym Aglaja virgo Rudman, 1968)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
