MolluscaBase taxon details
Melanella aciculata (Pease, 1861)
566089 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:566089)
accepted
Species
Eulima aciculata Pease, 1861 · unaccepted
Eulimaustra anomala Laseron, 1955 · unaccepted
Melanella helena Thiele, 1930 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melanella kahoolawensis Pilsbry, 1917 · unaccepted
marine
(of Eulima aciculata Pease, 1861) Pease, W. H. (1861). Descriptions of fourty-seven new species of shells from the Sandwich Islands, in the collection of Hugh Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28: 431-438 ["1860"]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12867011
page(s): 438 [details]
page(s): 438 [details]
Type locality contained in Hawaii
type locality contained in Hawaii [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanella aciculata (Pease, 1861). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=566089 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Melanella kahoolawensis Pilsbry, 1917) Pilsbry, H. A. (1917). Marine mollusks of Hawaii, I-III. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 69: 207-230, pls 14-15., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24683213
page(s): 225, pl. 14, fig. 9 [details]
original description (of Eulima aciculata Pease, 1861) Pease, W. H. (1861). Descriptions of fourty-seven new species of shells from the Sandwich Islands, in the collection of Hugh Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28: 431-438 ["1860"]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12867011
page(s): 438 [details]
original description (of Eulimaustra anomala Laseron, 1955) Laseron, C. F. (1955). Revision of the New South Wales eulimoid shells. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 12 (2): 83-107, 3 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38912988
page(s): 86, pl. 1 fig. 3-4 [details]
original description (of Melanella helena Thiele, 1930) Thiele, J. (1930). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. 5 (8). Gastropoda und Bivalvia. <em>Jena: Gustav Fischer.</em> 561-596, pl. 4.
page(s): 561 [details]
page(s): 225, pl. 14, fig. 9 [details]
original description (of Eulima aciculata Pease, 1861) Pease, W. H. (1861). Descriptions of fourty-seven new species of shells from the Sandwich Islands, in the collection of Hugh Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28: 431-438 ["1860"]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12867011
page(s): 438 [details]
original description (of Eulimaustra anomala Laseron, 1955) Laseron, C. F. (1955). Revision of the New South Wales eulimoid shells. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 12 (2): 83-107, 3 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38912988
page(s): 86, pl. 1 fig. 3-4 [details]
original description (of Melanella helena Thiele, 1930) Thiele, J. (1930). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. 5 (8). Gastropoda und Bivalvia. <em>Jena: Gustav Fischer.</em> 561-596, pl. 4.
page(s): 561 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection (from synonym Melanella kahoolawensis Pilsbry, 1917)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Melanella kahoolawensis. Pilsbry, 1917. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 69 (2): 225, pl. 14, fig. 9 - catalog no. 116219) (from synonym Melanella kahoolawensis Pilsbry, 1917)
To Malacopics (Melanella aciculata (Pease, 1861))
To NHMUK collection (Eulima aciculata Pease, 1861; LECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2381016) (from synonym Eulima aciculata Pease, 1861)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Melanella kahoolawensis. Pilsbry, 1917. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 69 (2): 225, pl. 14, fig. 9 - catalog no. 116219) (from synonym Melanella kahoolawensis Pilsbry, 1917)
To Malacopics (Melanella aciculata (Pease, 1861))
To NHMUK collection (Eulima aciculata Pease, 1861; LECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2381016) (from synonym Eulima aciculata Pease, 1861)
