OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Eulimidae
Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Eulima major var. auct.
Eulima major auct.
Eulima cumingii A. Adams, 1854
Melanella cumingi (A. Adams, 1854)
Balcis cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)
Melanella medipacifica Pilsbry, 1917
Distribution
Lord Hood Island (Kay1979) Rehder, 1980 (Rehde1980x15): "Throughout the Indo-Pacific region, from East Africa to Hawaii and Easter Island."
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Easter Island Group
Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 54
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 54
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise): Tuamotu Archipelago (Iles Tuamotu): Marutea South (Lord Hood)
Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 54
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 54
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.26
Keywords
feeding mode: parasitic Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 54
habitat: tide pools Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 7
substrate: rocks Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 7
References
Kay, E.A. 1979. p.161-162 [ Fig 56 L
] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Ptenoglossa
Eulimoidea
Eulimidae
Melanella Bowdich, 1822
Melanella cumingii (A. Adams, 1854)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=34469) created by Jennifer Kolb on 2000-12-01. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-10-07.