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Pachymelania fusca (Gmelin, 1791)
224760 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224760)
accepted
Species
Melania matoni J. E. Gray, 1831 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania mutans A. Gould, 1843 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Melania quadriseriata J. E. Gray, 1831 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Murex fuscus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pachymelania fusca quadriseriata (J. E. Gray, 1831) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Pachymelania fusca quadriseriata (J. E. Gray, 1831) accepted as Pachymelania fusca (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
(of Murex fuscus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 
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original description
(of Murex fuscus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Melania quadriseriata J. E. Gray, 1831) Gray, J. E. (1831). The zoological miscellany. 1831: 1-55. [published 5 November 1831]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49831419
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Melania mutans A. Gould, 1843) Gould, A.A. (1843). Descriptions of eight new shells received from Drs Savage and Perkins from Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 157–159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490585
page(s): 159. [details]
original description (of Melania matoni J. E. Gray, 1831) Gray, J. E. (1831). The zoological miscellany. 1831: 1-55. [published 5 November 1831]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49831419
page(s): 10 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Melania quadriseriata J. E. Gray, 1831) Gray, J. E. (1831). The zoological miscellany. 1831: 1-55. [published 5 November 1831]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49831419
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Melania mutans A. Gould, 1843) Gould, A.A. (1843). Descriptions of eight new shells received from Drs Savage and Perkins from Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 157–159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490585
page(s): 159. [details]
original description (of Melania matoni J. E. Gray, 1831) Gray, J. E. (1831). The zoological miscellany. 1831: 1-55. [published 5 November 1831]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49831419
page(s): 10 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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