MolluscaBase taxon details
Melampus luteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
599259 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:599259)
accepted
Species
Auricula lutea Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 · unaccepted (original combination)
Auricula lutea var. major Mousson, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original name)
Auricula lutea var. minor Mousson, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original name)
Marinula patula (R. T. Lowe, 1832) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melampus (Melampus) luteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) · alternative representation
Melampus patulus R. T. Lowe, 1832 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Auricula lutea Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) 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): 163, pl. 13 figs 25-27 [details]
page(s): 163, pl. 13 figs 25-27 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melampus luteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599259 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Auricula lutea Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) 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): 163, pl. 13 figs 25-27 [details]
original description (of Melampus patulus R. T. Lowe, 1832) Lowe, R. T. (1832). On the genera <i>Melampus, Pedipes</i> and <i>Truncatella</i> with experiments tending to demonstrate the nature of the respiratory organs of these Mollusca. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 5: 280-305, pl. 13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27657643
page(s): 289, 290 [details]
original description (of Auricula lutea var. major Mousson, 1849) Mousson, A. (1849). Die Land- und Süsswasser- Mollusken von Java. Zurich: Friedrich Schulthess. iv + 126 pp., 22 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14301934
page(s): 47, 123, pl. 5 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Auricula lutea var. minor Mousson, 1849) Mousson, A. (1849). Die Land- und Süsswasser- Mollusken von Java. Zurich: Friedrich Schulthess. iv + 126 pp., 22 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14301934
page(s): 47, 123, pl. 5 fig. 6 [details]
basis of record Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online at http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz [details]
additional source Brook, F. J. (2010). Coastal landsnail fauna of Rarotonga, Cook Islands: systematics, diversity, biogeography, faunal history, and environmental influences. <em>Tuhinga.</em> 21: 161-252. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1854). Monographs of <i>Ellobium</i> and <i>Melampus</i>, two genera of pulmoniferous Mollusca. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22: 7-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747376
page(s): 10 [details]
additional source Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
page(s): 79 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
page(s): 163, pl. 13 figs 25-27 [details]
original description (of Melampus patulus R. T. Lowe, 1832) Lowe, R. T. (1832). On the genera <i>Melampus, Pedipes</i> and <i>Truncatella</i> with experiments tending to demonstrate the nature of the respiratory organs of these Mollusca. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 5: 280-305, pl. 13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27657643
page(s): 289, 290 [details]
original description (of Auricula lutea var. major Mousson, 1849) Mousson, A. (1849). Die Land- und Süsswasser- Mollusken von Java. Zurich: Friedrich Schulthess. iv + 126 pp., 22 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14301934
page(s): 47, 123, pl. 5 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Auricula lutea var. minor Mousson, 1849) Mousson, A. (1849). Die Land- und Süsswasser- Mollusken von Java. Zurich: Friedrich Schulthess. iv + 126 pp., 22 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14301934
page(s): 47, 123, pl. 5 fig. 6 [details]
basis of record Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online at http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz [details]
additional source Brook, F. J. (2010). Coastal landsnail fauna of Rarotonga, Cook Islands: systematics, diversity, biogeography, faunal history, and environmental influences. <em>Tuhinga.</em> 21: 161-252. [details] Available for editors

additional source Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1854). Monographs of <i>Ellobium</i> and <i>Melampus</i>, two genera of pulmoniferous Mollusca. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22: 7-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747376
page(s): 10 [details]
additional source Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
page(s): 79 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]




Syntype (of Auricula lutea var. major Mousson, 1849) ZMZ 519603 [details]
Syntype (of Auricula lutea var. minor Mousson, 1849) ZMZ 519602 [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Auricula lutea Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Melampus patulus R. T. Lowe, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (60 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melampus luteus)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Auricula lutea Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Melampus luteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) French Polynesia, Tuamotu Islands, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Melampus patulus R. T. Lowe, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (60 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melampus luteus)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Auricula lutea Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Melampus luteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) French Polynesia, Tuamotu Islands, ex coll. J. Trausel)