MolluscaBase - Melanella borealis (Bartsch, 1917)

WoRMS taxon details

Melanella borealis (Bartsch, 1917)

AphiaID

566100 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:566100)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Melanella Bowdich, 1822

Original name

Melanella (Melanella) micans borealis Bartsch, 1917

Synonymised names

Melanella (Melanella) micans borealis Bartsch, 1917 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Melanella (Melanella) micans borealis Bartsch, 1917) Bartsch, P. (1917). A monograph of west American melanellid mollusks. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53(2207): 295-356, pl. 34-49., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7553643
page(s): 305, pl. 35, fig. 7 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanella borealis (Bartsch, 1917). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=566100 on 2025-05-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-03-24 09:43:39Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2015-06-06 11:58:01Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2021-07-13 16:06:58Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Melanella (Melanella) micans borealis Bartsch, 1917) Bartsch, P. (1917). A monograph of west American melanellid mollusks. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53(2207): 295-356, pl. 34-49., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7553643
page(s): 305, pl. 35, fig. 7 [details]

basis of record Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com. [details]

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Melanella (Melanella) micans borealis Bartsch, 1917)