MolluscaBase - Melanopsis lineolata Gassies, 1857

MolluscaBase name details

Melanopsis lineolata Gassies, 1857

AphiaID

730641 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:730641)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (invalid: Treated as a secondary junior homonym of Melania lineolata Gray, 1833, and Melanopsis livida established as a replacement name)

Accepted name

Melanopsis frustulum Morelet, 1857 accepted as Caledomelanella frustulum (Morelet, 1857)

Rank

Species

Parent

Melanopsis A. Férussac, 1807

Original name

Melanopsis lineolata Gassies, 1857

Environment

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

Original description

Gassies, J.B. (1857). Descriptions de coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles recueillies à la Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 6(3): 270-278, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15862795
page(s): 276 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melanopsis lineolata Gassies, 1857. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730641 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-05-10 11:57:34Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

original description Gassies, J.B. (1857). Descriptions de coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles recueillies à la Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 6(3): 270-278, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15862795
page(s): 276 [details]