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 RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaEaster Island Group
     Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 54 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaHawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
     Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 54 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaFrench Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise)Tuamotu Archipelago (Iles Tuamotu)Marutea South (Lord Hood)
     Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 54 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
     Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 54 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed 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.