WoRMS taxon details
Sunetta meroe (Linnaeus, 1758)
738942 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:738942)
accepted
Species
Cuneus costatus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 · unaccepted
Meroe chilkaensis Preston, 1914 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Meroe picta Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted
Meroë picta Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Sunetta meroë (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Venus meroe Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Venus meroë Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine
(of Venus meroe Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sunetta meroe (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738942 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cuneus costatus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811) Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen Systems der Schaltiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ [details] 
original description (of Meroë picta Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details]
original description (of Venus meroë Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 687 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Meroe picta Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details]
original description (of Venus meroe Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Meroe chilkaensis Preston, 1914) Preston, H. B. (1914). Mollusca from the Chilka Lake on the East Coast of India. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 10: 297-310., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11129713
page(s): 304, figs 13,13a [details]
original description (of Meroë picta Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details]
original description (of Venus meroë Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 687 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Meroe picta Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329 [details]
original description (of Venus meroe Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Meroe chilkaensis Preston, 1914) Preston, H. B. (1914). Mollusca from the Chilka Lake on the East Coast of India. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 10: 297-310., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11129713
page(s): 304, figs 13,13a [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Conchology (Sunetta meroe)
To Conchology (Sunetta meroe)
To Conchology (Sunetta meroe)
To Malacopics (Sunetta meroë (Linnaeus, 1758) India, Tamil Nadu, Cuddalore, ex coll. J.Ph. Voorwin... (from synonym Sunetta meroë (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Conchology (Sunetta meroe)
To Conchology (Sunetta meroe)
To Conchology (Sunetta meroe)
To Malacopics (Sunetta meroë (Linnaeus, 1758) India, Tamil Nadu, Cuddalore, ex coll. J.Ph. Voorwin... (from synonym Sunetta meroë (Linnaeus, 1758))
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