WoRMS taxon details
Melampus luteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
599259 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:599259)
accepted
Species
Auricula lutea Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 · unaccepted (original combination)
Auricula lutea var. major Mousson, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original name)
Auricula lutea var. minor Mousson, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original name)
Marinula patula (R. T. Lowe, 1832) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melampus (Melampus) luteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) · alternative representation
Melampus patulus R. T. Lowe, 1832 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Auricula lutea Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 163 [details]
page(s): 163 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melampus luteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599259 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Auricula lutea Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 163 [details]
original description (of Melampus patulus R. T. Lowe, 1832) Lowe, R. T. (1832). On the genera <i>Melampus, Pedipes</i> and <i>Truncatella</i> with experiments tending to demonstrate the nature of the respiratory organs of these Mollusca. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 5: 280-305, pl. 13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27657643
page(s): 289, 290 [details]
original description (of Auricula lutea var. major 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): 47, 123, pl. 5 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Auricula lutea var. minor 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): 47, 123, pl. 5 fig. 6 [details]
basis of record Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online at http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz [details]
page(s): 163 [details]
original description (of Melampus patulus R. T. Lowe, 1832) Lowe, R. T. (1832). On the genera <i>Melampus, Pedipes</i> and <i>Truncatella</i> with experiments tending to demonstrate the nature of the respiratory organs of these Mollusca. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 5: 280-305, pl. 13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27657643
page(s): 289, 290 [details]
original description (of Auricula lutea var. major 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): 47, 123, pl. 5 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Auricula lutea var. minor 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): 47, 123, pl. 5 fig. 6 [details]
basis of record Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online at http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz [details]
Other
additional source
Brook, F. J. (2010). Coastal landsnail fauna of Rarotonga, Cook Islands: systematics, diversity, biogeography, faunal history, and environmental influences. <em>Tuhinga.</em> 21: 161-252. [details] Available for editors 
[request]
additional source Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1854). Monographs of <i>Ellobium</i> and <i>Melampus</i>, two genera of pulmoniferous Mollusca. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22: 7-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747376
page(s): 10 [details]
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): 79 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
[request]additional source Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1854). Monographs of <i>Ellobium</i> and <i>Melampus</i>, two genera of pulmoniferous Mollusca. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1854) 22: 7-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747376
page(s): 10 [details]
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): 79 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Auricula lutea var. major Mousson, 1849) ZMZ 519603 [details]
Syntype (of Auricula lutea var. minor Mousson, 1849) ZMZ 519602 [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Auricula lutea Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Melampus patulus R. T. Lowe, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (60 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melampus luteus)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Auricula lutea Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Melampus luteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) French Polynesia, Tuamotu Islands, ex coll. ...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-5060) (from synonym Auricula lutea Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Melampus patulus R. T. Lowe, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (60 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melampus luteus)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Auricula lutea Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Melampus luteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) French Polynesia, Tuamotu Islands, ex coll. ...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-5060) (from synonym Auricula lutea Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
