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Melanopsis (Melatoma) Swainson, 1840
1464716 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1464716)
unaccepted (original rank)
Melatoma Swainson, 1840 accepted as Clionella J. E. Gray, 1847
Subgenus
- Species Melanopsis (Melatoma) costata Swainson, 1840 accepted as Clionella costata (Swainson, 1840) (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 202, 342 [details]
page(s): 202, 342 [details]
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Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 202, 342 [details]
page(s): 202, 342 [details]
