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Volvulella compacta (Melvill, 1906)

To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Volvula compacta. Melvill, 1906. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 79, pl. 8, fig. 26 - catalog no. 164771)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Volvula compacta. Melvill, 1906. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 79, pl. 8, fig. 26 - catalog no. 164771)

765222  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:765222)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Tectipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Cephalaspidea (Order)
  9. Bulloidea (Superfamily)
  10. Rhizoridae (Family)
  11. Volvulella (Genus)
  12. Volvulella compacta (Species)
accepted
Species
marine
(of Volvula compacta Melvill, 1906) Melvill, J. C. (1906). Descriptions of thirty-one Gastropoda and one scaphopod from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, dredged by Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1902-1904. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 7(2): 69-80, pls 7-8., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797513
page(s): 79, pl. 8, fig. 26. [details] 
Type locality contained in Gulf of Oman  
type locality contained in Gulf of Oman [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Volvulella compacta (Melvill, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765222 on 2025-04-04
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2014-06-11 14:17:27Z
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Rosenberg, Gary
2022-08-10 20:17:05Z
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Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description (of Volvula compacta Melvill, 1906) Melvill, J. C. (1906). Descriptions of thirty-one Gastropoda and one scaphopod from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, dredged by Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1902-1904. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 7(2): 69-80, pls 7-8., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797513
page(s): 79, pl. 8, fig. 26. [details] 

basis of record Harry, H. W. (1967). A review of the living tectibranch snails of the genus <i>Volvulella</i>, with descriptions of a new subgenus and species from Texas. <em>Veliger.</em> 10(2): 133-147., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42413856
page(s): 144 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Volvula compacta. Melvill, 1906. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 79, pl. 8, fig. 26 - catalog no. 164771) (from synonym Volvula compacta Melvill, 1906)
To Malacopics (Volvulella compacta (Melvill, 196)) 
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To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Volvula compacta. Melvill, 1906. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 79, pl. 8, fig. 26 - catalog no. 164771)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Volvula compacta. Melvill, 1906. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 79, pl. 8, fig. 26 - catalog no. 164771)
Hosted externally, from synonym
Unreviewed
To Malacopics (Volvulella compacta (Melvill, 196))
To Malacopics (Volvulella compacta (Melvill, 196))
Hosted externally

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