Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Naticidae

Polinices (Mammilla) melanostomus (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Nerita melanostomus Gmelin, 1791
   Mammilla melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791)
   Albula mammata R�ding, 1798
   Natica opaca R�cluz, 1851
   Mammilla putamen M�rch, 1852
   Natica succineoides Reeve, 1855

Common Name

Black-mouth Moon Snail p.122, pl.123 Wilson, B 2002.

Distribution

Keywords

habitat: coral reef
substrate: coral
substrate: sand

References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1971. p.197-198, figs. 62-65 General reference
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1971. p.197-198 Synonomy
Demond, J. 1957. p.298 General reference
Kay, E.A. 1979. p.208-209, fig. 73A-D General reference
Oostingh, C.H. 1925. p.42-43 Distribution
Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. p.30 General reference
Wilson, B. 1993. p.221 General reference
Wilson, B. 1993. p.221 Synonomy
Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.66, pl. 45, fig. 6-6a [{as Mammilla opaca}] General reference
Classification
  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Naticoidea
                        Naticidae Forbes, 1838
                          Polinicinae Gray, 1847
                            Polinices Montfort, 1810
                              Polinices (Mammilla) Schumacher, 1817
                                Polinices (Mammilla) melanostomus (Gmelin, 1791)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=9164) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-01-28.