WoRMS name details
Cancellaria melanostoma G. B. Sowerby II, 1849
464720 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:464720)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
- Subspecies Cancellaria melanostoma westralis Garrard, 1975 accepted as Merica westralis (Garrard, 1975) (basionym)
marine
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Cancellaria</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (9): 439–461, pls 92–96. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11075546
page(s): 447, pl. 95 fig. 78 [details]
page(s): 447, pl. 95 fig. 78 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cancellaria melanostoma G. B. Sowerby II, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464720 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Cancellaria</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (9): 439–461, pls 92–96. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11075546
page(s): 447, pl. 95 fig. 78 [details]
basis of record Hemmen, J. (2007). <i>Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae</i>. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. [With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, <i>Recent Cancellariidae</i> by Jens Hemmen, 2007. <i>Conchologia Ingrata</i> 9: 1-8]. [details]
page(s): 447, pl. 95 fig. 78 [details]
basis of record Hemmen, J. (2007). <i>Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae</i>. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. [With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, <i>Recent Cancellariidae</i> by Jens Hemmen, 2007. <i>Conchologia Ingrata</i> 9: 1-8]. [details]
Other
additional source
Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
