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NARMS name details

Fossarus eutorniscus Melvill, 1918

746080  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:746080)

 unaccepted > superseded combination
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. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 9, 1: 137-158, pls 4-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002757
page(s): 148, pl. 5, fig. 21. [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Fossarus eutorniscus Melvill, 1918. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=746080 on 2025-04-24
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Fossarus eutorniscus Melvill, 1918. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=746080 on 2025-04-24
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2013-12-23 09:06:54Z
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2018-11-10 14:38:40Z
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2023-01-15 14:02:31Z
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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. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 9, 1: 137-158, pls 4-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002757
page(s): 148, pl. 5, fig. 21. [details] 

additional source Rubio F., Rol�n E. & Fern�ndez-Garc�s R. (2015). Revision of the genera Parviturbo and Pseudorbis (Gastropoda, Skeneidae). Iberus. 33(2): 167-259., available online at https://www.zenodo.org/record/4586816
note: concludes that this is a species of Vitrinellidae, but maintain the combination in Fossarus because they do not know in which vitrinellid genus it should be placed [details] 
 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
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