MolluscaBase - Melanoides pyramis var. leopardina Annandale & Prashad, 1919

MolluscaBase name details

Melanoides pyramis var. leopardina Annandale & Prashad, 1919

AphiaID

1484625 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1484625)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Melanoides pyramis (W. H. Benson, 1836) accepted as Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Rank

Variety

Parent

Melanoides pyramis (W. H. Benson, 1836) accepted as Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Original name

Melanoides pyramis var. leopardina Annandale & Prashad, 1919

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Annandale, T. N. & Prashad, B. (1919). The Mollusca of the inland waters of Baluchistan and of Seistan, with a note on the liver-fluke of sheep in Seistan, by S. W. Kemp. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 18: 17-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11134065
page(s): 33, pl. 4, fig. 4 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanoides pyramis var. leopardina Annandale & Prashad, 1919. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1484625 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-02-18 15:35:24Z

created

Auffenberg, Kurt

2022-09-08 17:02:51Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description Annandale, T. N. & Prashad, B. (1919). The Mollusca of the inland waters of Baluchistan and of Seistan, with a note on the liver-fluke of sheep in Seistan, by S. W. Kemp. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 18: 17-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11134065
page(s): 33, pl. 4, fig. 4 [details]