MolluscaBase taxon details
Macomopsis melo (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
879922 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:879922)
accepted
Species
Macoma melo (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) · unaccepted
Tellina melo G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Tellina melo G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1866-1869). Monograph of the genus <i>Tellina</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 17: pls 1-58 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-9, Jul. 1866; 10, Aug. 1866; 11-18, Nov. 1866; 19-26, Mar. 1867; 27-34, Jun. 1867; 35-42, Sept. 1867; 43-44, Mar. 1868; 45, Sept. 1868; 46-54, Oct. 1868; 1, 55-58, Apr. 1869]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10974885
page(s): pl 17, fig. 86 [details]
page(s): pl 17, fig. 86 [details]
Type locality contained in Spain - Demarcación Marina del Estrecho y...
type locality contained in Spain - Demarcación Marina del Estrecho y Alborán [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Macomopsis melo (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=879922 on 2026-04-26
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(of Tellina melo G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1866-1869). Monograph of the genus <i>Tellina</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 17: pls 1-58 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-9, Jul. 1866; 10, Aug. 1866; 11-18, Nov. 1866; 19-26, Mar. 1867; 27-34, Jun. 1867; 35-42, Sept. 1867; 43-44, Mar. 1868; 45, Sept. 1868; 46-54, Oct. 1868; 1, 55-58, Apr. 1869]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10974885
page(s): pl 17, fig. 86 [details]
basis of record Huber, M.; Langleit, A.; Kreipl, K. (2015). Tellinidae. Pp. 167-297, 564-746. In: M. Huber, <i>Compendium of bivalves</i> 2 A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp. [details]
additional source Brunetti, M. M. & Della Bella, G. (2023). La Famiglia Tellinidae Blainville, 1814, nel Plio-Pleistocene dell'Europa meridionale, terza e ultima parte: i generi <i>Macomopsis</i> Sacco, 1901 e <i>Moerella</i> P. Fischer, 1887 con descrizione di quattro specie nuove. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 58(2): 188-213., available online at https://doi.org/10.53559/bollmalacol.2023.07
page(s): 192, figs 3A-D [details] Available for editors
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identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 620-621 [details]
page(s): pl 17, fig. 86 [details]
basis of record Huber, M.; Langleit, A.; Kreipl, K. (2015). Tellinidae. Pp. 167-297, 564-746. In: M. Huber, <i>Compendium of bivalves</i> 2 A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp. [details]
additional source Brunetti, M. M. & Della Bella, G. (2023). La Famiglia Tellinidae Blainville, 1814, nel Plio-Pleistocene dell'Europa meridionale, terza e ultima parte: i generi <i>Macomopsis</i> Sacco, 1901 e <i>Moerella</i> P. Fischer, 1887 con descrizione di quattro specie nuove. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 58(2): 188-213., available online at https://doi.org/10.53559/bollmalacol.2023.07
page(s): 192, figs 3A-D [details] Available for editors
[request]identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). <i>Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola</i>. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/fft48
page(s): 620-621 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Macoma melo (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866))
To Malacopics (Macomopsis melo (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) Spain, Andalucía, Málaga, Marbella, collect...
To PESI (from synonym Macoma melo (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866))
To PESI (from synonym Tellina melo G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
To Malacopics (Macomopsis melo (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) Spain, Andalucía, Málaga, Marbella, collect...
To PESI (from synonym Macoma melo (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866))
To PESI (from synonym Tellina melo G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
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