MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Fossarus aptus Melvill, 1912

NARMS name details

Fossarus aptus Melvill, 1912

AphiaID

703695 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:703695)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Fossarus R. A. Philippi, 1841

Original name

Fossarus aptus Melvill, 1912

Environment

marine

Original description

Melvill, J. C. (1912). Descriptions of thirty-three new species of Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 10 (3): 240-254, pls 11-12., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237219
page(s): 245-246, pl. 12, fig. 7. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Fossarus aptus Melvill, 1912. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=703695 on 2025-04-24

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Fossarus aptus Melvill, 1912. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=703695 on 2025-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-09-24 21:50:20Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-11-21 10:56:02Z

changed

Herbert, David

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (2)

original description Melvill, J. C. (1912). Descriptions of thirty-three new species of Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 10 (3): 240-254, pls 11-12., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237219
page(s): 245-246, pl. 12, fig. 7. [details]

source of synonymy Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp. [details]