WoRMS name details
Melania turritella L. Pfeiffer, 1840
759330 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:759330)
unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Melania turritella Nyst, 1836)
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Pfeiffer, L. (1840). Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März, 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 6: 250-264., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203058
page(s): 254 [details]
page(s): 254 [details]
Lectotype MBE ZMB 109.679, geounit Cuban Exclusive...
Lectotype MBE ZMB 109.679, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melania turritella L. Pfeiffer, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759330 on 2025-03-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Pfeiffer, L. (1840). Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März, 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 6: 250-264., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7203058
page(s): 254 [details]
page(s): 254 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Malacolog - Western atlantic gastropod database., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
Other
subsequent type designation
Faber, M. J. (2004). Marine gastropods from Cuba described by Louis Pfeiffer: type specimens and identifications with the introduction of <i>Gibberula pfeifferi</i> new name (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Miscellanea Malacologica.</em> 1(3): 49-71.
page(s): 54, figs 36-47 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 54, figs 36-47 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype MBE ZMB 109.679, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
