MolluscaBase - Melanopsis neritoides Gassies, 1859

MolluscaBase name details

Melanopsis neritoides Gassies, 1859

AphiaID

730642 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:730642)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

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

Rank

Species

Parent

Melanopsis A. Férussac, 1807

Original name

Melanopsis neritoides Gassies, 1859

Environment

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

Original description

Gassies, J.B. (1859). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'archipel calédonien (3è article). <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 7(4): 368-372. ["1858"; June 1859]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15863341
page(s): 371 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in New Caledonia

type locality contained in New Caledonia [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melanopsis neritoides Gassies, 1859. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730642 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-05-10 11:57:34Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-04-18 15:00:14Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (1)

original description Gassies, J.B. (1859). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'archipel calédonien (3è article). <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 7(4): 368-372. ["1858"; June 1859]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15863341
page(s): 371 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality