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Melanopsis doriae Issel, 1865
716181 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:716181)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Melanopsis doriae var. carinata H. E. J. Biggs, 1937 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis doriae var. fasciata H. E. J. Biggs, 1937 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanopsis doriae var. nigra H. E. J. Biggs, 1934 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Variety Melanopsis doriae var. carinata H. E. J. Biggs, 1937 accepted as Melanopsis doriae Issel, 1865 accepted as Melanopsis ammonis Tristram, 1865 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Melanopsis doriae var. fasciata H. E. J. Biggs, 1937 accepted as Melanopsis doriae Issel, 1865 accepted as Melanopsis ammonis Tristram, 1865 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Melanopsis doriae var. nigra H. E. J. Biggs, 1934 accepted as Melanopsis doriae Issel, 1865 accepted as Melanopsis ammonis Tristram, 1865 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Melanopsis doriae pallida H. E. J. Biggs, 1962 (uncertain > unassessed)
Issel, A. (1865). Catalogo dei molluschi raccolti dalla missione italiana in Persia aggiuntavi la descrizione delle specie nuove o poco note. Stamperia Reale, Torino, 55 pp, pls 1-3., available online at http://www.internetculturale.it/it/16/search/viewresource?id=oai:www.sba.unifi.it:12:IC0003:RMR0024873&case=&instanceName=mag&descSource=Biblioteca%20digitale&descSourceLevel2=SBA%20-%20Firenze [details] 
Type locality contained in Iran
type locality contained in Iran [details]
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Issel, A. (1865). Catalogo dei molluschi raccolti dalla missione italiana in Persia aggiuntavi la descrizione delle specie nuove o poco note. Stamperia Reale, Torino, 55 pp, pls 1-3., available online at http://www.internetculturale.it/it/16/search/viewresource?id=oai:www.sba.unifi.it:12:IC0003:RMR0024873&case=&instanceName=mag&descSource=Biblioteca%20digitale&descSourceLevel2=SBA%20-%20Firenze [details]
basis of record Glöer, P. & Pešić, V. (2012). The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 219: 11-61. Sofia [4 September]., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.219.3406 [details]
additional source Issel, A. (1865). Catalogo dei molluschi raccolti dalla missione italiana in Persia aggiuntavi la descrizione delle specie nuove o poco note. Stamperia Reale, Torino, 55 pp, pls 1-3., available online at http://www.internetculturale.it/it/16/search/viewresource?id=oai:www.sba.unifi.it:12:IC0003:RMR0024873&case=&instanceName=mag&descSource=Biblioteca%20digitale&descSourceLevel2=SBA%20-%20Firenze
page(s): 16-17 [details]
additional source Biggs, H. E. J. (1962). Mollusca of the Iranian Plateau – II. <em>Journal of Conchology, London.</em> 25(2): 64-72, text-figs. 1-2. London [22 May].
page(s): 71 [details]
additional source Heller, J.; Mordan, P.; Ben-Ami, F.; Sivan, N. (2005). Conchometrics, systematics, and distribution of Melanopsis (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Levant. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 144 (2): 229-260. London [10 June]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00172.x
page(s): 236; note: Stated that Melanopsis doriae sensu Bandel, 2000, from Jordan rather than Iran, was a synonym of M. ammonis. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Issel, A. (1865). Catalogo dei molluschi raccolti della missione italiana in Persia aggiuntavi la descrizione delle specie nuove o poco note. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Classe di Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche.</em> (2) 23: 387‑439, pl. 1‑3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31197934
page(s): 400, pl. 1figs 7, 8. [details]
source of synonymy Glöer, P. (2019). <i>The freshwater gastropods of the West-Palaearctis</i>. Volume 1. Fresh- and brackish waters except spring and subterranean snails. Identification key, anatomy, ecology, distribution. Published by the author. Hetlingen, 399 pp.
page(s): 75 [details]
basis of record Glöer, P. & Pešić, V. (2012). The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 219: 11-61. Sofia [4 September]., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.219.3406 [details]
additional source Issel, A. (1865). Catalogo dei molluschi raccolti dalla missione italiana in Persia aggiuntavi la descrizione delle specie nuove o poco note. Stamperia Reale, Torino, 55 pp, pls 1-3., available online at http://www.internetculturale.it/it/16/search/viewresource?id=oai:www.sba.unifi.it:12:IC0003:RMR0024873&case=&instanceName=mag&descSource=Biblioteca%20digitale&descSourceLevel2=SBA%20-%20Firenze
page(s): 16-17 [details]
additional source Biggs, H. E. J. (1962). Mollusca of the Iranian Plateau – II. <em>Journal of Conchology, London.</em> 25(2): 64-72, text-figs. 1-2. London [22 May].
page(s): 71 [details]
additional source Heller, J.; Mordan, P.; Ben-Ami, F.; Sivan, N. (2005). Conchometrics, systematics, and distribution of Melanopsis (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Levant. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 144 (2): 229-260. London [10 June]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00172.x
page(s): 236; note: Stated that Melanopsis doriae sensu Bandel, 2000, from Jordan rather than Iran, was a synonym of M. ammonis. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Issel, A. (1865). Catalogo dei molluschi raccolti della missione italiana in Persia aggiuntavi la descrizione delle specie nuove o poco note. <em>Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Classe di Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche.</em> (2) 23: 387‑439, pl. 1‑3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31197934
page(s): 400, pl. 1figs 7, 8. [details]
source of synonymy Glöer, P. (2019). <i>The freshwater gastropods of the West-Palaearctis</i>. Volume 1. Fresh- and brackish waters except spring and subterranean snails. Identification key, anatomy, ecology, distribution. Published by the author. Hetlingen, 399 pp.
page(s): 75 [details]
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