WoRMS taxon details
Bembicium melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791)
445475 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:445475)
accepted
Species
Bembicium lividum R. A. Philippi, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trochus luteus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Trochus melanostoma Reeve, 1843 · unaccepted
Trochus melanostoma Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Trochus melanostoma 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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bembicium melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445475 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Trochus melanostoma 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 Trochus luteus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): vol. 3, p. 271-273, pl. 62 fig. 8-11 [details]
original description (of Bembicium lividum R. A. Philippi, 1846) Philippi, R. A. (1846). Bembicium novum genus molluscorum gastropodorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 3: 129-133., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291923
page(s): 131 [details]
original description (of Trochus melanostoma Reeve, 1843) Reeve, L. A. (1843). [Descriptions of new species of shells belonging to the genera <i>Trochus</i> and <i>Turbo</i>]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 10 (1842): 184-186 [February 1843]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679946
page(s): 185 [details]
basis of record Reid, D. G. (1988). The genera <i>Bembicium</i> and <i>Risellopsis</i> (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in Australia and New Zealand. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 40: 91-150., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/reid-1988-rec-aust-mus-402-91150/ [details]
original description (of Trochus luteus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): vol. 3, p. 271-273, pl. 62 fig. 8-11 [details]
original description (of Bembicium lividum R. A. Philippi, 1846) Philippi, R. A. (1846). Bembicium novum genus molluscorum gastropodorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 3: 129-133., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291923
page(s): 131 [details]
original description (of Trochus melanostoma Reeve, 1843) Reeve, L. A. (1843). [Descriptions of new species of shells belonging to the genera <i>Trochus</i> and <i>Turbo</i>]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 10 (1842): 184-186 [February 1843]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679946
page(s): 185 [details]
basis of record Reid, D. G. (1988). The genera <i>Bembicium</i> and <i>Risellopsis</i> (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in Australia and New Zealand. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 40: 91-150., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/reid-1988-rec-aust-mus-402-91150/ [details]
Other
additional source
Cummins, D.; Duong, H.; Kennington, W. J.; Johnson, M. S. (2022). Phylogenetic evidence of the re-evolution of planktotrophy in Australian periwinkles. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 136(4): 574-585., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blac057 [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.</em> 324: 1-110., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.</em> 324: 1-110., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Trochus luteus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Trochus melanostoma Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bembicium melanostoma)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To Malacopics (Bembicium melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791) Australia, Western Australia, ex coll. F.J.A. ...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-5759) (from synonym Trochus luteus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Trochus melanostoma Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bembicium melanostoma)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To Malacopics (Bembicium melanostoma (Gmelin, 1791) Australia, Western Australia, ex coll. F.J.A. ...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-5759) (from synonym Trochus luteus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
