MolluscaBase - Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

WRiMS taxon details

Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

AphiaID

225694 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225694)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Melanoides Olivier, 1804

Original name

Nerita tuberculata O. F. Müller, 1774

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Müller, O. F. (1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. vol 2. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Mölleriana. I-XXXVI, 1-214 pp, 10 unnumbered pages. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715
page(s): 191 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225694 on 2025-07-06

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225694 on 2025-07-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-04-05 09:14:33Z

created

Vandepitte, Leen

2013-08-25 14:19:53Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2014-11-07 12:52:42Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2017-10-07 07:57:44Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2023-10-16 02:32:34Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

[taxonomic tree]

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page(s): 191 [details]

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additional source Clench, W. J. (1969). Melanoides tuberculata (Muller) in Florida. The Nautilus. 83(2): 72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515340 [details]

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additional source Prashad, B. (1921). Report on the freshwater gastropod molluscs of Lower Mesopotamia. Part III. - The families Neritidae, Hydrobiidae and Melaniidae. Records of the Indian Museum. 18(5) [Report on the aquatic fauna of Seistan with subsidiary studies. Part V]: 215-227. Calcutta [29 April]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11134343
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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.
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