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Melanopsis eremita Tristram, 1865
1259755 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1259755)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
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Tristram, H. B. (1865). Report on the terrestrial and fluviatile mollusca of Palestine. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 33 (2): 530-545. London [October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497511
page(s): 542–543, no. 107 [details]
page(s): 542–543, no. 107 [details]
Note Type locality: ‘the little stream of the...
Type locality Type locality: ‘the little stream of the Wady Um Baghek, between Sebbeh and Jebel Usdum, at the south-west corner of the Dead Sea’ (today this stream is named En Boqeq). [details]
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Tristram, H. B. (1865). Report on the terrestrial and fluviatile mollusca of Palestine. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 33 (2): 530-545. London [October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497511
page(s): 542–543, no. 107 [details]
additional source Mienis, H. K. (1993). A reappraisal of <i>Melanopsis eremita</i> Tristram, 1865 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Thiaridae). <em>Levantina.</em> 77/79: 7-8. Haifa [December]. [details]
source of synonymy 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
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page(s): 542–543, no. 107 [details]
additional source Mienis, H. K. (1993). A reappraisal of <i>Melanopsis eremita</i> Tristram, 1865 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Thiaridae). <em>Levantina.</em> 77/79: 7-8. Haifa [December]. [details]
source of synonymy 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
page(s): 236 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality Type locality: ‘the little stream of the Wady Um Baghek, between Sebbeh and Jebel Usdum, at the south-west corner of the Dead Sea’ (today this stream is named En Boqeq). [details]
