WoRMS taxon details
Micromelo scriptus (Garrett, 1857)
1523204 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1523204)
accepted
Species
Bulla eximia Deshayes, 1863 · unaccepted
Bulla scripta Garrett, 1857 · unaccepted (original combination)
Hydatina eximia (Deshayes, 1863) · unaccepted
Micromelo eximia (Deshayes, 1863) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Bulla scripta Garrett, 1857) Garrett [A.]. (1857). New species of marine shells of the Sandwich Islands. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 1: 102-103., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15967156
page(s): 103 [details]
page(s): 103 [details]
Type locality contained in Hawaiian Islands
type locality contained in Hawaiian Islands [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Hawaiian Is., Mozambique, and South Africa, Samoa, Taiwan, French Polynesia.
Distribution Hawaiian Is., Mozambique, and South Africa, Samoa, Taiwan, French Polynesia. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Micromelo scriptus (Garrett, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1523204 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bulla eximia Deshayes, 1863) Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13068117
page(s): 55, pl. 7, figs 23, 24. [details]
original description (of Bulla scripta Garrett, 1857) Garrett [A.]. (1857). New species of marine shells of the Sandwich Islands. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 1: 102-103., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15967156
page(s): 103 [details]
basis of record Feliciano, K., Malaquias, M.A.E., Stout, C., Brenzinger, B., Gosliner, T.M. & Valdés, Á. (2021). Molecular and morphological analyses reveal pseudocryptic diversity in <i>Micromelo undatus</i> (Bruguière, 1792) (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Aplustridae). <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2021.1939458: 1-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2021.1939458
page(s): figs 2E-G, 7, 8 [details]
page(s): 55, pl. 7, figs 23, 24. [details]
original description (of Bulla scripta Garrett, 1857) Garrett [A.]. (1857). New species of marine shells of the Sandwich Islands. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 1: 102-103., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15967156
page(s): 103 [details]
basis of record Feliciano, K., Malaquias, M.A.E., Stout, C., Brenzinger, B., Gosliner, T.M. & Valdés, Á. (2021). Molecular and morphological analyses reveal pseudocryptic diversity in <i>Micromelo undatus</i> (Bruguière, 1792) (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Aplustridae). <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2021.1939458: 1-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2021.1939458
page(s): figs 2E-G, 7, 8 [details]
Other
additional source
Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 58 [details]
page(s): 58 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Hawaiian Is., Mozambique, and South Africa, Samoa, Taiwan, French Polynesia. [details]
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Micromelo scriptus)
To GenBank (67 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Bulla scripta Garrett, 1857)
To GenBank (67 nucleotides; 45 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-27690) (from synonym Bulla eximia Deshayes, 1863)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Micromelo scriptus)
To GenBank (67 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Bulla scripta Garrett, 1857)
To GenBank (67 nucleotides; 45 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-27690) (from synonym Bulla eximia Deshayes, 1863)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
