WoRMS taxon details
Melo amphora ([Lightfoot, 1786])
385403 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:385403)
accepted
Species
Cymbium flammeum Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (synonym)
Melo amphora amphora ([Lightfoot, 1786]) · unaccepted
Melo amphora knighti N. Jackson, 1954 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Voluta amphora [Lightfoot, 1786] · unaccepted (original combination)
Voluta armata Lamarck, 1811 · unaccepted (synonym)
Voluta cithara [Lightfoot], 1786 · unaccepted (synonym)
Voluta diadema Lamarck, 1811 · unaccepted (synonym)
Voluta haustrum [Lightfoot], 1786 · unaccepted (synonym)
Voluta regia Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Melo amphora amphora ([Lightfoot, 1786]) accepted as Melo amphora ([Lightfoot, 1786])
- Subspecies Melo amphora knighti N. Jackson, 1954 accepted as Melo amphora ([Lightfoot, 1786]) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Voluta amphora [Lightfoot, 1786]) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 30 [details]
page(s): 30 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melo amphora ([Lightfoot, 1786]). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385403 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Voluta armata Lamarck, 1811) Lamarck [J.B.M. de]. (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Volute (<i>Voluta</i>). <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 17: 54-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29406851 [details]
original description (of Voluta cithara [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]
original description (of Voluta diadema Lamarck, 1811) Lamarck [J.B.M. de]. (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Volute (<i>Voluta</i>). <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 17: 54-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29406851 [details]
original description (of Voluta haustrum [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]
original description (of Voluta regia Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829) Schubert, H.G. & Wagner, J.A. (1829) Neues Systematisches Conchylien- Cabinet Angefangen von Martini und Chemnitz. Vol. 12. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, xii + 196 pp., pls. 214–237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30072696 [details]
original description (of Cymbium flammeum Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Melo amphora knighti N. Jackson, 1954) Jackson, N. (1954). Albinism in volutes. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.</em> 73: 35-37, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38776660
page(s): 35, pl. 2 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Voluta amphora [Lightfoot, 1786]) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 30 [details]
basis of record Dharma, B. (2023). Species of <i>Melo</i> Broderip in Sowerby I, 1826 fom the Indonesian archipelago, with the description of two new species (Gastropoda: Volutidae). <em>Novapex.</em> 24(1): 1-20.
page(s): 8, figs 4A-N [details]
original description (of Voluta cithara [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]
original description (of Voluta diadema Lamarck, 1811) Lamarck [J.B.M. de]. (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Volute (<i>Voluta</i>). <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 17: 54-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29406851 [details]
original description (of Voluta haustrum [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]
original description (of Voluta regia Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829) Schubert, H.G. & Wagner, J.A. (1829) Neues Systematisches Conchylien- Cabinet Angefangen von Martini und Chemnitz. Vol. 12. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, xii + 196 pp., pls. 214–237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30072696 [details]
original description (of Cymbium flammeum Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Melo amphora knighti N. Jackson, 1954) Jackson, N. (1954). Albinism in volutes. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.</em> 73: 35-37, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38776660
page(s): 35, pl. 2 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Voluta amphora [Lightfoot, 1786]) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 30 [details]
basis of record Dharma, B. (2023). Species of <i>Melo</i> Broderip in Sowerby I, 1826 fom the Indonesian archipelago, with the description of two new species (Gastropoda: Volutidae). <em>Novapex.</em> 24(1): 1-20.
page(s): 8, figs 4A-N [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Melo amphora knighti Jackson, 1954, is also considered as a synonym of the present species [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Cymbium flammeum Röding, 1798)
To Conchology (Melo amphora GIANT)
To Conchology (Melo amphora LARGE)
To Conchology (Melo amphora ORANGE)
To Conchology (Melo amphora)
To Malacopics (Melo amphora ([Lightfoot, 1786]) Australia, Queensland, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Melo amphora ([Lightfoot, 1786]) Australia, Western Australia, Port Hedland, collec...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Cymbium flammeum Röding, 1798)
To Conchology (Melo amphora GIANT)
To Conchology (Melo amphora LARGE)
To Conchology (Melo amphora ORANGE)
To Conchology (Melo amphora)
To Malacopics (Melo amphora ([Lightfoot, 1786]) Australia, Queensland, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Melo amphora ([Lightfoot, 1786]) Australia, Western Australia, Port Hedland, collec...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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