WoRMS name details
Phacoides malcolmensis Melvill, 1918
566990 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:566990)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Melvill, J. C. (1918). Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 9, 1: 137-158, pls 4-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002757
page(s): 156, pl. 5, fig. 32 [details]
page(s): 156, pl. 5, fig. 32 [details]
Type locality contained in Persian Gulf
type locality contained in Persian Gulf [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Phacoides malcolmensis Melvill, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=566990 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Melvill, J. C. (1918). Descriptions of thirty-four species of marine Mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 9, 1: 137-158, pls 4-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002757
page(s): 156, pl. 5, fig. 32 [details]
page(s): 156, pl. 5, fig. 32 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Glover, E. A.; Taylor, J. D. (2001). Systematic revision of Australian and Indo-Pacific Lucinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia): Pillucina, Wallucina and descriptions of two new genera and four new species. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 53: 263-292., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17926/1349_complete.pdf
page(s): 282 [details]
page(s): 282 [details]
Other
additional source
Taylor J. & Glover E. (2021). <i>Biology, evolution and generic review of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae</i>. London: The Ray Society [Publication 182]. 319 pp.
page(s): fig. 89e; note: syntype illustrated [details]
page(s): fig. 89e; note: syntype illustrated [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
