WoRMS name details
Melampus corticinus Morelet, 1877
1319890 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1319890)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
brackish
Morelet, A. (1877). Addition à la faune de l'île Maurice. <em>Journal de conchyliologie.</em> 25 (2): 212-217, pl. 4.
page(s): 216 [details]
page(s): 216 [details]
Type locality contained in Mauritian Coast
type locality contained in Mauritian Coast [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melampus corticinus Morelet, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1319890 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Morelet, A. (1877). Addition à la faune de l'île Maurice. <em>Journal de conchyliologie.</em> 25 (2): 212-217, pl. 4.
page(s): 216 [details]
basis of record Breure, A.S.H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J.D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.
page(s): 253, fig. 272, syntype. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 216 [details]
basis of record Breure, A.S.H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J.D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.
page(s): 253, fig. 272, syntype. [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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.
page(s): 78 [details]
page(s): 78 [details]
Other
additional source
Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
page(s): 20 [details]
page(s): 20 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
