WoRMS name details
Melampus caffer (Küster, 1843)
738194 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:738194)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Species
Auricula caffra Küster, 1843 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Auricula caffra Küster, 1843) Küster, H. C. (1841-1845). Die Ohrschnecken (Auriculacea.). In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. <em>In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz.</em> Ersten Bandes, sechzehnte Abtheilung, erster Theil. (1) 16 (1, 25): 1-24, pls. 2 (1841); (1) 16 (1, 30): pl. 3 (1841); (1) 16 (1, 41): 23-30 (1843); (1) 16 (1, 42): pls. 4-6 (1843); (1) 16 (1, 49): 31-46, pls. 1, 7-9 (1844); (1) 16 (1, 53): 47-76, V-VI, pl. A (1845). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe). Note: page 23-24 were used twice in the page numbering., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/216460
page(s): p.36, pl. v [details]
page(s): p.36, pl. v [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melampus caffer (Küster, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738194 on 2025-03-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Auricula caffra Küster, 1843) Küster, H. C. (1841-1845). Die Ohrschnecken (Auriculacea.). In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. <em>In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz.</em> Ersten Bandes, sechzehnte Abtheilung, erster Theil. (1) 16 (1, 25): 1-24, pls. 2 (1841); (1) 16 (1, 30): pl. 3 (1841); (1) 16 (1, 41): 23-30 (1843); (1) 16 (1, 42): pls. 4-6 (1843); (1) 16 (1, 49): 31-46, pls. 1, 7-9 (1844); (1) 16 (1, 53): 47-76, V-VI, pl. A (1845). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe). Note: page 23-24 were used twice in the page numbering., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/216460
page(s): p.36, pl. v [details]
page(s): p.36, pl. v [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Herbert, D. & Kilburn, D. (2004). Field guide to the land snails and slugs of eastern South Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Natal Museum. [v] + 336 pp. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 468 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bacci, G. (1951). Elementi per una malacofauna dell'Abissinia e della Somalia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 65: 1-145. Genova.
page(s): 32. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105-220, pl. 4-8. Cape Town. [March].
page(s): 187 [details]
additional source Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
page(s): 19 [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): 78 [details]
additional source Verdcourt, B. (2006). A revised list of the non-marine Mollusca of East Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, excluding Malawi). B. Verdcourt, Maidenhead. Pp. 1–75.
page(s): 11 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Nevill, G. (1869). Additional notes on the land-shells of the Seychelles Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1869: 61-66., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28662916
page(s): 66 [details]
page(s): 468 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bacci, G. (1951). Elementi per una malacofauna dell'Abissinia e della Somalia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 65: 1-145. Genova.
page(s): 32. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105-220, pl. 4-8. Cape Town. [March].
page(s): 187 [details]
additional source Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
page(s): 19 [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): 78 [details]
additional source Verdcourt, B. (2006). A revised list of the non-marine Mollusca of East Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, excluding Malawi). B. Verdcourt, Maidenhead. Pp. 1–75.
page(s): 11 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Nevill, G. (1869). Additional notes on the land-shells of the Seychelles Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1869: 61-66., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28662916
page(s): 66 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
