MolluscaBase - Amastra (Amastrella) melanosis (Baldwin, 1854)

Traits name details

Amastra (Amastrella) melanosis (Baldwin, 1854)

AphiaID

1702366 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1702366)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted Name

Amastra melanosis (Newcomb, 1854)

Rank

Species

Parent

Amastra (Amastrella) Sykes, 1900 represented as Amastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855

Original name

Achatinella melanosis Newcomb, 1854

Direct children (2)

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Subspecies Amastra (Amastrella) melanosis kauensis Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1915 represented as Amastra melanosis kauensis Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1915
Subspecies Amastra (Amastrella) melanosis melanosis (Newcomb, 1854) represented as Amastra melanosis melanosis (Newcomb, 1854)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

(of ) Newcomb, W. (1854). Descriptions of seventy·nine new species of Achatinella, (Swains.) a genus of pulmoniferous mollusks, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. pp. 3-31, 3 pls.
page(s): 18, pl. 23, fig. 41 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Amastra (Amastrella) melanosis (Baldwin, 1854). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1702366 on 2025-03-23

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Amastra (Amastrella) melanosis (Baldwin, 1854). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1702366 on 2025-03-23

Taxonomic edit history

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2023-10-09 21:44:08Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

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Sources (2)

original description (of ) Newcomb, W. (1854). Descriptions of seventy·nine new species of Achatinella, (Swains.) a genus of pulmoniferous mollusks, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. pp. 3-31, 3 pls.
page(s): 18, pl. 23, fig. 41 [details]

basis of record Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands. vi + 248 pp. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.
page(s): 98 [details] Available for editors