WoRMS taxon details
Melampus ceylonicus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1843)
764371 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:764371)
accepted
Species
Auricula ceylonica Petit de la Saussaye, 1843 · unaccepted (original combination)
Melampus ceylanicus [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh
(of Auricula ceylonica Petit de la Saussaye, 1843) Petit de la Saussaye, M. 1843. Descriptions of a new species of shells belonging to the genus Auricula, collected by H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1842: 201-202., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679963
page(s): 202 [details]
page(s): 202 [details]
Type locality contained in Sri Lanka
type locality contained in Sri Lanka (origin: native) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melampus ceylonicus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=764371 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Auricula ceylonica Petit de la Saussaye, 1843) Petit de la Saussaye, M. 1843. Descriptions of a new species of shells belonging to the genus Auricula, collected by H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1842: 201-202., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679963
page(s): 202 [details]
basis of record Kesavan, K.; Palpandi, C. & Shanmugam, A. 2009. A checklist of malacofauna of the Vellar estuarine mangroves, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1: 382-384., available online at https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.o1912.382-4 [details]
page(s): 202 [details]
basis of record Kesavan, K.; Palpandi, C. & Shanmugam, A. 2009. A checklist of malacofauna of the Vellar estuarine mangroves, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1: 382-384., available online at https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.o1912.382-4 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-5044) (from synonym Auricula ceylonica Petit de la Saussaye, 1843)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-5044) (from synonym Auricula ceylonica Petit de la Saussaye, 1843)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
