WoRMS name details
Volvulella mecyntea (Melvill, 1912)
765231 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:765231)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
Cylichna mecyntea Melvill, 1912 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Cylichna mecyntea Melvill, 1912) Melvill, J. C. (1912). Descriptions of thirty-three new species of Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 10 (3): 240-254, pls 11-12., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237219
page(s): 253, pl. 11, fig. 15 [details]
page(s): 253, pl. 11, fig. 15 [details]
Type locality contained in Persian Gulf
type locality contained in Persian Gulf [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Volvulella mecyntea (Melvill, 1912). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765231 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cylichna mecyntea Melvill, 1912) Melvill, J. C. (1912). Descriptions of thirty-three new species of Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 10 (3): 240-254, pls 11-12., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237219
page(s): 253, pl. 11, fig. 15 [details]
basis of record Harry, H. W. (1967). A review of the living tectibranch snails of the genus Volvulella, with descriptions of a new subgenus and species from Texas. Veliger. 10(2): 133-147., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42413856
page(s): 145 [details]
page(s): 253, pl. 11, fig. 15 [details]
basis of record Harry, H. W. (1967). A review of the living tectibranch snails of the genus Volvulella, with descriptions of a new subgenus and species from Texas. Veliger. 10(2): 133-147., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42413856
page(s): 145 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
- Type locality
- type locality contained in Persian Gulf [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
