WoRMS taxon details
Diodora townsendi (Melvill, 1897)
1550655 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1550655)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Fissurella townsendi Melvill, 1897) Melvill, J. C. (1897). Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman. (Mostly collected by F. W. Townsend, Esq.). <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Litterary and Philosophical Society.</em> 41(7): 1-25 , pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35462101
page(s): 20, pl. 7, figs 27, 27a. [details]
page(s): 20, pl. 7, figs 27, 27a. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Diodora townsendi (Melvill, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1550655 on 2025-04-16
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(of Fissurella townsendi Melvill, 1897) Melvill, J. C. (1897). Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman. (Mostly collected by F. W. Townsend, Esq.). <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Litterary and Philosophical Society.</em> 41(7): 1-25 , pls 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35462101
page(s): 20, pl. 7, figs 27, 27a. [details]
page(s): 20, pl. 7, figs 27, 27a. [details]
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additional source
Amini-Yekta, F.; Dekker, H. (2021). An updated checklist of marine gastropods of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4957(1): 1-71., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4957.1.1/66226
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