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Rochebrunia bentiana (Melvill, 1895)
1248528 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1248528)
accepted
Species
Arabia bentianum (Melvill, 1895) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Arabia bentianum var. daliyana Pallary, 1925 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Arabia hadramauticum (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Arabia hadramauticum var. minor Pallary, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Arabia littlei Pallary, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Arabia lucida Pallary, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Arabia lucida var. minor Pallary, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Georgia pulchella Pallary, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Otopoma bentianum Melvill, 1895 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Otopoma hadramauticum Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Revoilia (Socotora) bentiana (Melvill, 1895) · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Otopoma bentianum Melvill, 1895) Melvill, J. C. (1895). Descriptions of two new species of terrestrial Mollusca from the Hadramaut district, South Arabia. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 1 (5): 224-225. London [March].
page(s): 224, pl. XIV, fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 224, pl. XIV, fig. 8 [details]
Holotype (of Otopoma bentianum Melvill, 1895) BMNH...
, Type locality contained in Yemen
Holotype (of Otopoma bentianum Melvill, 1895) BMNH 95.4.10.1. [details]
type locality contained in Yemen [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
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original description
(of Otopoma bentianum Melvill, 1895) Melvill, J. C. (1895). Descriptions of two new species of terrestrial Mollusca from the Hadramaut district, South Arabia. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 1 (5): 224-225. London [March].
page(s): 224, pl. XIV, fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Otopoma hadramauticum Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1896). Descriptions of seven new species of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca from the Hadramaut, South Arabia. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 2 (1): 1-3, pl. 1. London [April].
page(s): 2, pl. 1, figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Arabia bentianum var. daliyana Pallary, 1925) Pallary, P. (1925). Notes on some terrestrial mollusca from the hinterland of Makalla, South Arabia. In: Little, O.H.: The geography and geology of Makalla, South Arabia: , 224-234, pl. 35. Cairo (Government Press)
page(s): 226, pl. 35, figs 4-5 [details]
original description (of Arabia littlei Pallary, 1925) Pallary, P. (1925). Notes on some terrestrial mollusca from the hinterland of Makalla, South Arabia. In: Little, O.H.: The geography and geology of Makalla, South Arabia: , 224-234, pl. 35. Cairo (Government Press)
page(s): 226, pl. 35, figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Arabia lucida Pallary, 1925) Pallary, P. (1925). Notes on some terrestrial mollusca from the hinterland of Makalla, South Arabia. In: Little, O.H.: The geography and geology of Makalla, South Arabia: , 224-234, pl. 35. Cairo (Government Press)
page(s): 226, pl. 35, figs 11-13 [details]
original description (of Georgia pulchella Pallary, 1925) Pallary, P. (1925). Notes on some terrestrial mollusca from the hinterland of Makalla, South Arabia. In: Little, O.H.: The geography and geology of Makalla, South Arabia: , 224-234, pl. 35. Cairo (Government Press)
page(s): 232, pl. 35, fig. 15 [details]
additional source Neubert, E. (1998). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of the Arabian Peninsula with descriptions of new species. <em>Fauna of Arabia.</em> 17: 333-461.
page(s): 339, Figs 14-22, 13 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Neubert, E. (2009). The continental malacofauna of Arabia and adjacent areas. VI. Pomatiidae of Arabia, Socotra and northeast Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Littorinoidea). Fauna of Arabia, 24: 47-127. Riyadh / Basel [10 May].
page(s): 69, Plate 6 c–d, Fig. 5 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 224, pl. XIV, fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Otopoma hadramauticum Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1896). Descriptions of seven new species of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca from the Hadramaut, South Arabia. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 2 (1): 1-3, pl. 1. London [April].
page(s): 2, pl. 1, figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Arabia bentianum var. daliyana Pallary, 1925) Pallary, P. (1925). Notes on some terrestrial mollusca from the hinterland of Makalla, South Arabia. In: Little, O.H.: The geography and geology of Makalla, South Arabia: , 224-234, pl. 35. Cairo (Government Press)
page(s): 226, pl. 35, figs 4-5 [details]
original description (of Arabia littlei Pallary, 1925) Pallary, P. (1925). Notes on some terrestrial mollusca from the hinterland of Makalla, South Arabia. In: Little, O.H.: The geography and geology of Makalla, South Arabia: , 224-234, pl. 35. Cairo (Government Press)
page(s): 226, pl. 35, figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Arabia lucida Pallary, 1925) Pallary, P. (1925). Notes on some terrestrial mollusca from the hinterland of Makalla, South Arabia. In: Little, O.H.: The geography and geology of Makalla, South Arabia: , 224-234, pl. 35. Cairo (Government Press)
page(s): 226, pl. 35, figs 11-13 [details]
original description (of Georgia pulchella Pallary, 1925) Pallary, P. (1925). Notes on some terrestrial mollusca from the hinterland of Makalla, South Arabia. In: Little, O.H.: The geography and geology of Makalla, South Arabia: , 224-234, pl. 35. Cairo (Government Press)
page(s): 232, pl. 35, fig. 15 [details]
additional source Neubert, E. (1998). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of the Arabian Peninsula with descriptions of new species. <em>Fauna of Arabia.</em> 17: 333-461.
page(s): 339, Figs 14-22, 13 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Neubert, E. (2009). The continental malacofauna of Arabia and adjacent areas. VI. Pomatiidae of Arabia, Socotra and northeast Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Littorinoidea). Fauna of Arabia, 24: 47-127. Riyadh / Basel [10 May].
page(s): 69, Plate 6 c–d, Fig. 5 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Otopoma bentianum Melvill, 1895) BMNH 95.4.10.1. [details]
Syntype (of Arabia lucida Pallary, 1925) IRSNB/KBIN 10591 [details]
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To Conchology (Rochebrunia bentiana)
To Malacopics (Rochebrunia bentiana (Melvill, 1895))
To Conchology (Rochebrunia bentiana)
To Malacopics (Rochebrunia bentiana (Melvill, 1895))
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