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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Naticidae 

Nerita melanostomus Gmelin, 1791

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Polinices (Mammilla) melanostomus (Gmelin, 1791)

Types

[] Gmelin, J.F. 1791. p.3674
Indian Seas

Keywords

Original Epithet:  melanostomus
Original Text Name:  Nerita melanostomus
Original Genus:  Nerita

References

 Chemnitz, J.H. 1781. pl. 189, figs. 1926-27 Illustration of type specimen
 Lister, M. 1770. pl. 566, fig. 15 Illustration of type specimen

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)
                                  Nerita melanostomus Gmelin, 1791

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=9165) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.