WoRMS name details
Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) emiliae Melvill, 1896
1596802 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1596802)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Melvill, J. C. (1896). Descriptions of new species of minute marine shells from Bombay. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 2: 108-116, pl. 8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15036515
page(s): 115, pl. 8, fig. 25. [details]
page(s): 115, pl. 8, fig. 25. [details]
Type locality contained in Bombay
type locality contained in Bombay [details]
Etymology Named for the Christian name of the British malacologist, Alexander Abercrombie (1849-1926).
Etymology Named for the Christian name of the British malacologist, Alexander Abercrombie (1849-1926). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) emiliae Melvill, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1596802 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Melvill, J. C. (1896). Descriptions of new species of minute marine shells from Bombay. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 2: 108-116, pl. 8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15036515
page(s): 115, pl. 8, fig. 25. [details]
page(s): 115, pl. 8, fig. 25. [details]
Other
additional source
Melvill, J. C. (1898). Descriptions of new species of marine shells from Bombay. <em>Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.</em> 11(3): 506-514, 1 pl. (28 February)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30157259
page(s): 213, fig. 25 [details]
page(s): 213, fig. 25 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for the Christian name of the British malacologist, Alexander Abercrombie (1849-1926). [details]
