WoRMS name details
Raeta abercrombiei Melvill, 1893
543297 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:543297)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Melvill, J. C. (1893). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of marine shells from Bombay collected by Alexander Abercrombie, Esq. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 7: 52-67, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10159687
page(s): 64, pl. 1, fig. 25. [details]
page(s): 64, pl. 1, fig. 25. [details]
Type locality contained in Bombay
type locality contained in Bombay [details]
Etymology Named for the British malacologist, Alexander Abercrombie (1849-1926).
Etymology Named for the British malacologist, Alexander Abercrombie (1849-1926). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Raeta abercrombiei Melvill, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=543297 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Melvill, J. C. (1893). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of marine shells from Bombay collected by Alexander Abercrombie, Esq. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 7: 52-67, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10159687
page(s): 64, pl. 1, fig. 25. [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 64, pl. 1, fig. 25. [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Melvill, J. C. (1893). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of marine shells from Bombay, collected by Mr. Alexander Abercrombie. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 8(2): 234-245, pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30402906
page(s): 243, pl. 1, fig. 25 [details]
page(s): 243, pl. 1, fig. 25 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for the British malacologist, Alexander Abercrombie (1849-1926). [details]
