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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Epitoniidae 

Scala melior Melvill & Standen, 1903

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Epitonium (Hyaloscala) melior (Melvill & Standen, 1903)

Types

Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1903. p.354, pl.7, f.9

Keywords

Original Epithet:  melior
Original Text Name:  Scala melior
Original Genus:  Scala
Status of Name: Used as Valid Name       Weil, A., Brown, L & Neville, B. 1999. p.130, fig 410 

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Ptenoglossa
                      Epitonioidea
                        Epitoniidae
                          Epitonium Röding, 1798
                            Epitonium (Hyaloscala) de Boury, 1909
                              Epitonium (Hyaloscala) melior (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
                                Scala melior Melvill & Standen, 1903

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=50822) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.