MolluscaBase taxon details
Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778)
139832 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139832)
accepted
Species
Balcis alba (da Costa, 1778) · unaccepted (synonym)
Balcis montagui Gray, 1847 · unaccepted
Eulima alba (da Costa, 1778) · unaccepted
Eulima anglica G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eulima polita auct. non Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Eulima porcellana A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted
Eulima subangulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 · unaccepted (synonym)
Melanella anglica (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) · unaccepted
Melanella montagui (Gray, 1847) · unaccepted
Melanella porcellana (A. Adams, 1851) · unaccepted
Melanella subangulata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) · unaccepted
Melania gervillei [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling of...)
incorrect subsequent spelling of Melania gervillii Collard des Cherres, 1830
Melania gervillii Collard des Cherres, 1830 · unaccepted
Strombiformis albus da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Strombiformis albus da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 116-117 [details]
page(s): 116-117 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139832 on 2024-11-08
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original description
(of Strombiformis albus da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 116-117 [details]
original description (of Eulima anglica G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834). <i>Eulima</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 52-53, fig. 1-15. Catalogue and index, 2 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915945
page(s): 52, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Melania gervillii Collard des Cherres, 1830) Collard des Cherres, *. (1830). Catalogue des testacés marins du département du Finistère, principalement des côtes de Brest. <em>Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux.</em> 4(19): 3-58., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32985509
page(s): 42-43 [details]
original description (of Balcis montagui Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). On the classification of the British Mollusca by W E Leach. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20: 267-273., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 271 [details]
original description (of Eulima porcellana A. Adams, 1854) Adams, A. (1854). Descriptions of new species of <i>Eulima</i>, <i>Triphoris</i>, etc. from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1851) 19: 276-279., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859388
page(s): 276. [details]
original description (of Eulima subangulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834). <i>Eulima</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 52-53, fig. 1-15. Catalogue and index, 2 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915945
page(s): 52, fig. 8 [sic; corrected to 3] [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
basis of record Landau B.M., Ceulemans L. & Van Dingenen F. (2018). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 2. Caenogastropoda. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 18(2): 177-368.
page(s): 313, pl. 143 figs 1-3 [details]
additional source Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 116-117 [details]
original description (of Eulima anglica G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834). <i>Eulima</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 52-53, fig. 1-15. Catalogue and index, 2 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915945
page(s): 52, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Melania gervillii Collard des Cherres, 1830) Collard des Cherres, *. (1830). Catalogue des testacés marins du département du Finistère, principalement des côtes de Brest. <em>Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux.</em> 4(19): 3-58., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32985509
page(s): 42-43 [details]
original description (of Balcis montagui Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). On the classification of the British Mollusca by W E Leach. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20: 267-273., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 271 [details]
original description (of Eulima porcellana A. Adams, 1854) Adams, A. (1854). Descriptions of new species of <i>Eulima</i>, <i>Triphoris</i>, etc. from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1851) 19: 276-279., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859388
page(s): 276. [details]
original description (of Eulima subangulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1834). <i>Eulima</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 52-53, fig. 1-15. Catalogue and index, 2 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915945
page(s): 52, fig. 8 [sic; corrected to 3] [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
basis of record Landau B.M., Ceulemans L. & Van Dingenen F. (2018). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 2. Caenogastropoda. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 18(2): 177-368.
page(s): 313, pl. 143 figs 1-3 [details]
additional source Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Eulima porcellana A. Adams, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Eulima subangulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Strombiformis albus da Costa, 1778)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Balcis alba (da Costa, 1778))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Eulima alba (da Costa, 1778))
To Dyntaxa
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Herm, Shell Beach, beached, ...
To Malacopics (Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Eulima subangulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
To PESI (from synonym Strombiformis albus da Costa, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Eulima anglica G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
To PESI (from synonym Eulima porcellana A. Adams, 1854)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Eulima porcellana A. Adams, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Eulima subangulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Strombiformis albus da Costa, 1778)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Balcis alba (da Costa, 1778))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Eulima alba (da Costa, 1778))
To Dyntaxa
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778) Bailiwick of Guernsey, Herm, Shell Beach, beached, ...
To Malacopics (Melanella alba (da Costa, 1778))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Eulima subangulata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
To PESI (from synonym Strombiformis albus da Costa, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Eulima anglica G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)
To PESI (from synonym Eulima porcellana A. Adams, 1854)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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