WoRMS taxon details
Scissileda tropica (Melvill, 1897)
506542 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:506542)
accepted
Species
Yoldia tropica Melvill, 1897 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Yoldia vicina E. A. Smith, 1906 · unaccepted
marine
(of Yoldia tropica Melvill, 1897) Melvill, J. C. (1897). Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman. (Mostly collected by F. W. Townsend, Esq.). <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Litterary and Philosophical Society.</em> 41(7): 1-25 , pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35462101
page(s): 25, pl. 7, fig. 29. [details]
page(s): 25, pl. 7, fig. 29. [details]
Type locality contained in Karachi Coast
type locality contained in Karachi Coast [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scissileda tropica (Melvill, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=506542 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Yoldia tropica Melvill, 1897) Melvill, J. C. (1897). Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman. (Mostly collected by F. W. Townsend, Esq.). <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Litterary and Philosophical Society.</em> 41(7): 1-25 , pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35462101
page(s): 25, pl. 7, fig. 29. [details]
original description (of Yoldia vicina E. A. Smith, 1906) Smith, E.A. (1906). Natural history notes from R. I. M. S. Investigator. Series III., no. 10. On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 7, 18, 157–175, 245–264., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19366418
page(s): 252. [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 25, pl. 7, fig. 29. [details]
original description (of Yoldia vicina E. A. Smith, 1906) Smith, E.A. (1906). Natural history notes from R. I. M. S. Investigator. Series III., no. 10. On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 7, 18, 157–175, 245–264., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19366418
page(s): 252. [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
