WoRMS taxon details
Melanopsis costata lampra Bourguignat, 1884
1259771 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1259771)
accepted
Subspecies
Melanopsis lampra Bourguignat, 1884 · unaccepted (original combination)
Melanopsis phoeniciaca Bourguignat, 1884 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
recent only
Not documented
Note Type locality. “Belus, près de...
Type locality Type locality. “Belus, près de Saint-Jean-d’Acre, en Syrie” [in the Na’aman river, near Acre], Israel. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanopsis costata lampra Bourguignat, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1259771 on 2025-05-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Melanopsis lampra 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): 132–133 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis phoeniciaca 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): 133 [details]
basis of record 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): 244, 10B [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 132–133 [details]
original description (of Melanopsis phoeniciaca 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): 133 [details]
basis of record 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): 244, 10B [details] Available for editors






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Type locality Type locality. “Belus, près de Saint-Jean-d’Acre, en Syrie” [in the Na’aman river, near Acre], Israel. [details]