WoRMS taxon details
Melampus granifer (Mousson, 1849)
574841 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:574841)
accepted
Species
Auricula granifera Mousson, 1849 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original name)
Melampus (Signia) granifer (Mousson, 1849) · alternative representation
Melampus (Tralia) granifer (Mousson, 1849) · unaccepted
Melampus corticinus Morelet, 1877 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melampus graniferus [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect grammatical agreement...)
incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
- Subspecies Melampus granifer granifer (Mousson, 1849)
- Subspecies Melampus granifer parvulus L. Pfeiffer, 1856 accepted as Melampus parvulus L. Pfeiffer, 1856 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
(of Auricula granifera Mousson, 1849) Mousson, A. (1849). Die Land- und Süsswasser- Mollusken von Java. Zurich: Friedrich Schulthess. iv + 126 pp., 22 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14301934
page(s): 46, pl. 5, fig. 9, pl. 20, fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 46, pl. 5, fig. 9, pl. 20, fig. 7 [details]
Holotype (of Auricula granifera Mousson, 1849) ZMZ 519494
Holotype (of Auricula granifera Mousson, 1849) ZMZ 519494 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melampus granifer (Mousson, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574841 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Auricula granifera Mousson, 1849) Mousson, A. (1849). Die Land- und Süsswasser- Mollusken von Java. Zurich: Friedrich Schulthess. iv + 126 pp., 22 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14301934
page(s): 46, pl. 5, fig. 9, pl. 20, fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Melampus corticinus Morelet, 1877) Morelet, A. (1877). Addition à la faune de l'île Maurice. <em>Journal de conchyliologie.</em> 25 (2): 212-217, pl. 4.
page(s): 216 [details]
page(s): 46, pl. 5, fig. 9, pl. 20, fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Melampus corticinus Morelet, 1877) Morelet, A. (1877). Addition à la faune de l'île Maurice. <em>Journal de conchyliologie.</em> 25 (2): 212-217, pl. 4.
page(s): 216 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Lozouet, P.; Plaziat, J. C. (2008). Mangrove environments and molluscs Abatan River, Bohol and Panglao Islands, central Philippines. Hackenheim: Conchbooks, 160 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Raven H. & Vermeulen J.J. (2007). Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo and Singapore. 2. A synopsis of the Ellobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). <em>Vita Malacologica.</em> 4: 29-62.
page(s): 45, pl. 3, figs. 27, 28 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
page(s): 78; note: As graniferus [details]
additional source Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1887). Von den Philippinen. II. Die Insel Cebu. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 14: 235–283., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15886780#page/249/mode/1up
page(s): 281 [details]
[request]additional source Raven H. & Vermeulen J.J. (2007). Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo and Singapore. 2. A synopsis of the Ellobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). <em>Vita Malacologica.</em> 4: 29-62.
page(s): 45, pl. 3, figs. 27, 28 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
page(s): 78; note: As graniferus [details]
additional source Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1887). Von den Philippinen. II. Die Insel Cebu. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 14: 235–283., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15886780#page/249/mode/1up
page(s): 281 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Auricula granifera Mousson, 1849) ZMZ 519494 [details]
