MolluscaBase taxon details
Nanomelon Leal & Bouchet, 1989
382313 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382313)
accepted
Genus
Nanomelon viperinus Leal & Bouchet, 1989 (type by original designation)
marine
Leal, J. H. & Bouchet, P. (1989). New deep-water Volutidae from off southeastern Brazil (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 103(1): 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8277995
page(s): 7 [details]
page(s): 7 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nanomelon Leal & Bouchet, 1989. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382313 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Leal, J. H. & Bouchet, P. (1989). New deep-water Volutidae from off southeastern Brazil (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 103(1): 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8277995
page(s): 7 [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
page(s): 7 [details]
basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]
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Diagnosis Shell small, narrow fusiform, dull white and with a deep spiral sculpture. [details]
