WoRMS taxon details
Viriola excelsior (Melvill & Standen, 1899)
591877 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:591877)
accepted
Species
Triforis (Ino) excelsior Melvill & Standen, 1899 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Triforis excelsior Melvill & Standen, 1899 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Triforis (Ino) excelsior Melvill & Standen, 1899) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1899). Report on the Marine Mollusca obtained during the First Expedition of Prof. A. C. Haddon to the Torres Straits, in 1888-89. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 27 (174): 150-206, pls 10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31649268
page(s): 166, pl. 10, fig. 5. [details]
page(s): 166, pl. 10, fig. 5. [details]
Type locality contained in Torres Strait
type locality contained in Torres Strait [from synonym] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Viriola excelsior (Melvill & Standen, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591877 on 2025-03-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Triforis (Ino) excelsior Melvill & Standen, 1899) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1899). Report on the Marine Mollusca obtained during the First Expedition of Prof. A. C. Haddon to the Torres Straits, in 1888-89. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 27 (174): 150-206, pls 10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31649268
page(s): 166, pl. 10, fig. 5. [details]
page(s): 166, pl. 10, fig. 5. [details]
Other
additional source
Albano, P. G.; Bakker, P. A. J.; Sabelli, B. (2019). Annotated catalogue of the types of Triphoridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Natural History Museum of the United Kingdom, London. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 95(1): 161-308., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.95.32803
page(s): 242 [details]
page(s): 242 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
