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Melanopsis buccinoidea (Olivier, 1801)
1001747 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1001747)
accepted
Species
Melania buccinoidea Olivier, 1801 · unaccepted (original combination)
Melanopsis (Canthidomus) denegabilis Pallary, 1939 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Melanopsis (Canthidomus) prophetarum Bourguignat, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis (Melanopsis) buccinoidea (Olivier, 1801) · alternative representation
Melanopsis (Melanopsis) buccinoides (Olivier, 1801) · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
Melanopsis buccinoides (Olivier, 1801) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Melanopsis callichroa Bourguignat, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis denegabilis Pallary, 1939 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis ferussaci J. R. Roth, 1839 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis olivieri Bourguignat, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis prophetarum Bourguignat, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis sesteri Bourguignat, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Variety Melanopsis buccinoidea var. olivula Grateloup, 1828 † accepted as Melanopsis olivula Grateloup, 1828 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Variety Melanopsis buccinoidea var. chlorotica Pallary, 1913 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Variety Melanopsis buccinoidea var. dilatata Pallary, 1899 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
(of Melania buccinoidea Olivier, 1801) Olivier, G.A. (1801). Voyage dans l'Empire Othoman, l'Égypte et la Perse, fait par ordre du Gouvernement, pendant les six premières années de la République. Tome 1. xii pp. + Évaluation (1 pp.) + 432 pp. + Errata (1 pp.); Atlas, 1st livraison: vii pp., pls 1-17. Paris: H. Agasse. Agasse, Paris, 432 pp., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN625322428
page(s): 297, pl. 17 fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 297, pl. 17 fig. 8 [details]
Type locality contained in Crete, Syria
type locality contained in Crete [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Syria [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Syria [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution E. Mediterranean and Near East.
Distribution E. Mediterranean and Near East. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanopsis buccinoidea (Olivier, 1801). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1001747 on 2025-05-17
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original description
(of Melanopsis ferussaci J. R. Roth, 1839) Roth, J. R. (1839). Molluscorum species, quas in itinere per Orientem facto comites clariss. Schubert doctores M. Erdl et J.R. Roth collegerunt. Dissertatio inauguralis. 26 pp., pl. 1‑2. [December]. München (Caroli Wolf).
page(s): 24, pl. 2, fig. 10 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis sesteri Bourguignat, 1884) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1884). Histoire des Mélaniens du système européen. <em>Annales de Malacologie.</em> 2 (1): 1-168. [± August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12168568
page(s): 119 [details]
original description (of Melania buccinoidea Olivier, 1801) Olivier, G.A. (1801). Voyage dans l'Empire Othoman, l'Égypte et la Perse, fait par ordre du Gouvernement, pendant les six premières années de la République. Tome 1. xii pp. + Évaluation (1 pp.) + 432 pp. + Errata (1 pp.); Atlas, 1st livraison: vii pp., pls 1-17. Paris: H. Agasse. Agasse, Paris, 432 pp., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN625322428
page(s): 297, pl. 17 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis callichroa Bourguignat, 1884) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1884). Histoire des Mélaniens du système européen. <em>Annales de Malacologie.</em> 2 (1): 1-168. [± August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12168568
page(s): 91 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis olivieri Bourguignat, 1884) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1884). Histoire des Mélaniens du système européen. <em>Annales de Malacologie.</em> 2 (1): 1-168. [± August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12168568
page(s): 98 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis denegabilis Pallary, 1939 †) Pallary, P. (1939). Deuxième addition à la faune malacologique de la Syrie. Mémoires présentés a l'Institut d'Égypte, 39: 1-141, pl. 1-7. Le Caire.
page(s): 85, textfig. 11, pl. 6, figs 9–13 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Melanopsis prophetarum Bourguignat, 1883) Locard, A. (1883). Malacologie des lacs de Tibériade, d'Antioche et d'Homs, Syrie. <em>Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Lyon.</em> 3: 195-293, pls 19bis, 20-23. Lyon., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9635298
page(s): 265, pl. 23, figs 52–55 [details]
additional source Heller, J.; Mordan, P.; Ben-Ami, F.; Sivan, N. (2005). Conchometrics, systematics, and distribution of Melanopsis (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Levant. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 144 (2): 229-260. London [10 June]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00172.x [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Falniowski, A.; Heller, J.; Cameron, R. A. D.; Pokryszko, B. M.; Osikowski, A.; Rysiewska, A.; Hofman, S. (2020). Melanopsidae (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea) from the eastern Mediterranean: another case of morphostatic speciation. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 190(2): 483-507., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz160 [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Glöer, P. (2019). <i>The freshwater gastropods of the West-Palaearctis</i>. Volume 1. Fresh- and brakish waters except spring and subterranean snails. Identification key, anatomy, ecology, distribution. Published by the author. 399 pp.
page(s): 75, fig. 71 [details]
subsequent type designation Falniowski, A.; Heller, J.; Cameron, R. A. D.; Pokryszko, B. M.; Osikowski, A.; Rysiewska, A.; Hofman, S. (2020). Melanopsidae (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea) from the eastern Mediterranean: another case of morphostatic speciation. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 190(2): 483-507., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz160
page(s): figs 2I-J; note: neotype designation [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 24, pl. 2, fig. 10 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis sesteri Bourguignat, 1884) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1884). Histoire des Mélaniens du système européen. <em>Annales de Malacologie.</em> 2 (1): 1-168. [± August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12168568
page(s): 119 [details]
original description (of Melania buccinoidea Olivier, 1801) Olivier, G.A. (1801). Voyage dans l'Empire Othoman, l'Égypte et la Perse, fait par ordre du Gouvernement, pendant les six premières années de la République. Tome 1. xii pp. + Évaluation (1 pp.) + 432 pp. + Errata (1 pp.); Atlas, 1st livraison: vii pp., pls 1-17. Paris: H. Agasse. Agasse, Paris, 432 pp., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN625322428
page(s): 297, pl. 17 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis callichroa Bourguignat, 1884) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1884). Histoire des Mélaniens du système européen. <em>Annales de Malacologie.</em> 2 (1): 1-168. [± August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12168568
page(s): 91 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis olivieri Bourguignat, 1884) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1884). Histoire des Mélaniens du système européen. <em>Annales de Malacologie.</em> 2 (1): 1-168. [± August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12168568
page(s): 98 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis denegabilis Pallary, 1939 †) Pallary, P. (1939). Deuxième addition à la faune malacologique de la Syrie. Mémoires présentés a l'Institut d'Égypte, 39: 1-141, pl. 1-7. Le Caire.
page(s): 85, textfig. 11, pl. 6, figs 9–13 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Melanopsis prophetarum Bourguignat, 1883) Locard, A. (1883). Malacologie des lacs de Tibériade, d'Antioche et d'Homs, Syrie. <em>Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Lyon.</em> 3: 195-293, pls 19bis, 20-23. Lyon., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9635298
page(s): 265, pl. 23, figs 52–55 [details]
additional source Heller, J.; Mordan, P.; Ben-Ami, F.; Sivan, N. (2005). Conchometrics, systematics, and distribution of Melanopsis (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Levant. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 144 (2): 229-260. London [10 June]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00172.x [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Falniowski, A.; Heller, J.; Cameron, R. A. D.; Pokryszko, B. M.; Osikowski, A.; Rysiewska, A.; Hofman, S. (2020). Melanopsidae (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea) from the eastern Mediterranean: another case of morphostatic speciation. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 190(2): 483-507., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz160 [details] Available for editors
[request]identification resource Glöer, P. (2019). <i>The freshwater gastropods of the West-Palaearctis</i>. Volume 1. Fresh- and brakish waters except spring and subterranean snails. Identification key, anatomy, ecology, distribution. Published by the author. 399 pp.
page(s): 75, fig. 71 [details]
subsequent type designation Falniowski, A.; Heller, J.; Cameron, R. A. D.; Pokryszko, B. M.; Osikowski, A.; Rysiewska, A.; Hofman, S. (2020). Melanopsidae (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea) from the eastern Mediterranean: another case of morphostatic speciation. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 190(2): 483-507., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz160
page(s): figs 2I-J; note: neotype designation [details] Available for editors
[request]
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Distribution E. Mediterranean and Near East. [details]
