WoRMS taxon details
Melanella variabilis (Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1914)
1350290 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1350290)
accepted
Species
Mucronalia variabilis Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1914 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Mucronalia variabilis Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1914) Schepman, M. M. & Nierstrasz, H. F. (1914). Parasitische und kommensalistische Mollusken aus Holothurien. <em>Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903–1905 mit mittein der Hermann und Elise geb. Heckmann Wentzel-Stiftung ausgeführt von Professor Dr. Alfred Voeltzkow, Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse.</em> 4(4): 383–416, pls 27-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12996887#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 384, figs 22-28 [details]
page(s): 384, figs 22-28 [details]
Type locality contained in Zanzibar
type locality contained in Zanzibar [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanella variabilis (Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1914). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1350290 on 2025-05-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mucronalia variabilis Schepman & Nierstrasz, 1914) Schepman, M. M. & Nierstrasz, H. F. (1914). Parasitische und kommensalistische Mollusken aus Holothurien. <em>Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903–1905 mit mittein der Hermann und Elise geb. Heckmann Wentzel-Stiftung ausgeführt von Professor Dr. Alfred Voeltzkow, Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse.</em> 4(4): 383–416, pls 27-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12996887#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 384, figs 22-28 [details]
new combination reference Takano, T.; Tanaka, H.; Kano, Y. (2019). A new species of <em>Mucronalia</em> (Gastropoda: Eulimidae) parasitizing the ophiocomid brittle star <em>Ophiomastix mixta</em> in Japan. <em>Venus, Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan.</em> 77(1-4): 45-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.18941/venus.77.1-4_45
page(s): 48 [details]
page(s): 384, figs 22-28 [details]
new combination reference Takano, T.; Tanaka, H.; Kano, Y. (2019). A new species of <em>Mucronalia</em> (Gastropoda: Eulimidae) parasitizing the ophiocomid brittle star <em>Ophiomastix mixta</em> in Japan. <em>Venus, Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan.</em> 77(1-4): 45-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.18941/venus.77.1-4_45
page(s): 48 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
