MolluscaBase - Lanistes (Meladomus) ovum Troschel, 1845

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Lanistes (Meladomus) ovum Troschel, 1845

AphiaID

848963 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:848963)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Lanistes ovum Troschel, 1845

Rank

Species

Parent

Lanistes (Meladomus) Swainson, 1840 accepted as Lanistes Montfort, 1810

Direct children (2)

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Subspecies Lanistes (Meladomus) ovum mweruensis Pain, 1954 accepted as Lanistes ovum Troschel, 1845 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Lanistes (Meladomus) ovum var. plicosus E. von Martens, 1897 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lanistes (Meladomus) ovum Troschel, 1845. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=848963 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-06-03 20:36:31Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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

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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (1)

basis of record Germain, L. (1935). Contribution à l'étude de la faune du Mozambique. Voyage de M.P. Lesne (1928–29). 17e note – mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles. <em>Memórias e Estudos do Museu Zoológico da Universidadae de Coimbra [Series1] 80: 1–72.</em>
page(s): 60 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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