MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Macomopsis melo (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)

Traits taxon details

Macomopsis melo (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)

AphiaID

879922 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:879922)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Macomopsis Sacco, 1901

Orig. name

Tellina melo G. B. Sowerby II, 1866

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1866-1869). Monograph of the genus Tellina. In: Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 17: pls 1-58 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-9, Jul. 1866; 10, Aug. 1866; 11-18, Nov. 1866; 19-26, Mar. 1867; 27-34, Jun. 1867; 35-42, Sept. 1867; 43-44, Mar. 1868; 45, Sept. 1868; 46-54, Oct. 1868; 1, 55-58, Apr. 1869]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10974885
page(s): pl 17, fig. 86 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Macomopsis melo (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=879922 on 2024-05-01

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024). Marine Species Traits. Macomopsis melo (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=879922 on 2024-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-06-12 07:47:41Z

created

Sartori, André F.

2024-01-15 20:04:41Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (4)
Images (1)

original description (of ) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1866-1869). Monograph of the genus Tellina. In: Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 17: pls 1-58 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-9, Jul. 1866; 10, Aug. 1866; 11-18, Nov. 1866; 19-26, Mar. 1867; 27-34, Jun. 1867; 35-42, Sept. 1867; 43-44, Mar. 1868; 45, Sept. 1868; 46-54, Oct. 1868; 1, 55-58, Apr. 1869]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10974885
page(s): pl 17, fig. 86 [details]

basis of record Huber, M.; Langleit, A.; Kreipl, K. (2015). Tellinidae. In: M. Huber, Compendium of bivalves 2. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 907 pp. [details]

additional source Brunetti, M. M. & Della Bella, G. (2023). La Famiglia Tellinidae Blainville, 1814, nel Plio-Pleistocene dell'Europa meridionale, terza e ultima parte: i generi Macomopsis Sacco, 1901 e Moerella P. Fischer, 1887 con descrizione di quattro specie nuove. Bollettino Malacologico. 58(2): 188-213.
page(s): 192, figs 3A-D [details] Available for editors

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 620-621 [details]

From other sources

Macomopsis melo