WoRMS taxon details
Micromelo undatus (Bruguière, 1792)
140121 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140121)
accepted
Species
Bulla elegans (Menke, 1830) · unaccepted
Bulla nitidula Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted
Bulla undata Bruguière, 1792 · unaccepted
Bullina elegans Menke, 1830 · unaccepted
Micromelo undata [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect gender ending)
marine
(of Bulla undata Bruguière, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 [details]
Type locality contained in Jamaican part of the Caribbean Sea
type locality contained in Jamaican part of the Caribbean Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Ascension I., Cape Verde Is, Canary Is., Azores, the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, St. Lucia, Jamaica, Curaçao, and Brazil.
Distribution Ascension I., Cape Verde Is, Canary Is., Azores, the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, St. Lucia, Jamaica, Curaçao, and Brazil. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Micromelo undatus (Bruguière, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140121 on 2025-02-16
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original description
(of Bulla undata Bruguière, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 [details]
original description (of Bulla nitidula Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 483 [details]
original description (of Bullina elegans Menke, 1830) Menke, K. T. (1830). <i>Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus</i>. Ed. 2, auctior et emendatior. Georg Uslar, Pyrmont. xvi + 168 [+ 1, errata] pp. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107961
page(s): 125 [details]
basis of record Feliciano, K., Malaquias, M.A.E., Stout, C., Brenzinger, B., Gosliner, T.M. & Valdés, Á. (2021). Molecular and morphological analyses reveal pseudocryptic diversity in <i>Micromelo undatus</i> (Bruguière, 1792) (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Aplustridae). <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2021.1939458: 1-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2021.1939458
page(s): figs 2A-C, 5, 6 [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
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redescription Thompson, T. E. (1977). Jamaican opisthobranch molluscs I. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 43: 93-140. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Bulla nitidula Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 483 [details]
original description (of Bullina elegans Menke, 1830) Menke, K. T. (1830). <i>Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus</i>. Ed. 2, auctior et emendatior. Georg Uslar, Pyrmont. xvi + 168 [+ 1, errata] pp. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107961
page(s): 125 [details]
basis of record Feliciano, K., Malaquias, M.A.E., Stout, C., Brenzinger, B., Gosliner, T.M. & Valdés, Á. (2021). Molecular and morphological analyses reveal pseudocryptic diversity in <i>Micromelo undatus</i> (Bruguière, 1792) (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Aplustridae). <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2021.1939458: 1-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2021.1939458
page(s): figs 2A-C, 5, 6 [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Thompson, T. E. (1977). Jamaican opisthobranch molluscs I. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 43: 93-140. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Ascension I., Cape Verde Is, Canary Is., Azores, the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, St. Lucia, Jamaica, Curaçao, and Brazil. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | polka-dot bubble shell [from synonym]miniature melo | [details] |
| German | Zwerg-Melo | [details] |
| Japanese | コンシボリガイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Micromelo undata [sic])
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Micromelo undatus)
To GenBank (55 nucleotides; 54 proteins)
To GenBank (55 nucleotides; 54 proteins) (from synonym Micromelo undata [sic])
To Malacopics (Micromelo undatus (Bruguière, 1792) )
To Malacopics (Micromelo undatus (Bruguière, 1792) Brazil, Bahia, Salvador, in shallow water on se...
To Malacopics (Micromelo undatus (Bruguière, 1792) Spain, Canarias, Hierro, Restinga, Punta de los...
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Micromelo undata [sic])
To PESI (from synonym Bulla undata Bruguière, 1792)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) (from synonym Micromelo undata [sic])
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Micromelo undata [sic])
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Micromelo undata [sic])
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Micromelo undatus)
To GenBank (55 nucleotides; 54 proteins)
To GenBank (55 nucleotides; 54 proteins) (from synonym Micromelo undata [sic])
To Malacopics (Micromelo undatus (Bruguière, 1792) )
To Malacopics (Micromelo undatus (Bruguière, 1792) Brazil, Bahia, Salvador, in shallow water on se...
To Malacopics (Micromelo undatus (Bruguière, 1792) Spain, Canarias, Hierro, Restinga, Punta de los...
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Micromelo undata [sic])
To PESI (from synonym Bulla undata Bruguière, 1792)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) (from synonym Micromelo undata [sic])
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Micromelo undata [sic])
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
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