WoRMS taxon details
Punctoterebra ambrosia (Melvill, 1912)
1527008 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1527008)
accepted
Species
Terebra ambrosia Melvill, 1912 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Terebra ambrosia Melvill, 1912) Melvill, J. C. (1912). Descriptions of thirty-three new species of Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10 (3): 240-254, pls 11-12., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237219
page(s): 250, pl. 11, fig. 10. [details]
page(s): 250, pl. 11, fig. 10. [details]
Type locality contained in Pakistan
type locality contained in Pakistan [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Punctoterebra ambrosia (Melvill, 1912). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1527008 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Terebra ambrosia Melvill, 1912) Melvill, J. C. (1912). Descriptions of thirty-three new species of Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10 (3): 240-254, pls 11-12., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237219
page(s): 250, pl. 11, fig. 10. [details]
page(s): 250, pl. 11, fig. 10. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Bibi, S.; Terryn, Y.; Siddiqui, P. J. A.; Iqbal, P. (2021). In the wake of Captain Townsend – Poorly known and cryptic Terebridae (Gastropoda: Conoidea) of Pakistan. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 60 (2): 43-59.
page(s): 50, pl. 3 fig. 9 [details]
page(s): 50, pl. 3 fig. 9 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Terebra ambrosia Melvill, 1912)
To NHMUK collection (Terebra ambrosia Melvill, 1912; LECTOTYPE AND PARALECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:5548227) (from synonym Terebra ambrosia Melvill, 1912)
To NHMUK collection (Terebra ambrosia Melvill, 1912; LECTOTYPE AND PARALECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:5548227) (from synonym Terebra ambrosia Melvill, 1912)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
