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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
ELLOBIIDAE: MELAMPODINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Ellobiida (Order)
> Ellobioidea (Superfamily)
> Ellobiidae (Family)
> Melampodinae (Subfamily)
> Melampus (Genus)
> luteus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Auricula lutea Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 (original combination)
=Marinula patula (R.T. Lowe, 1832)
=Melampus (Melampus) luteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) accepted, alternate representation
=Melampus patulus R. T. Lowe, 1832
Images: Melampus luteus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Syntype, Guam. 17.6mm. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
ELLOBIIDAE: MELAMPODINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Ellobiida (Order)
> Ellobioidea (Superfamily)
> Ellobiidae (Family)
> Melampodinae (Subfamily)
> Melampus (Genus)
> luteus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Auricula lutea Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 (original combination)
=Marinula patula (R.T. Lowe, 1832)
=Melampus (Melampus) luteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) accepted, alternate representation
=Melampus patulus R. T. Lowe, 1832
Details: Melampus luteus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Distribution:
SW Pacific, Niue, Cook Islands, Kermadec Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Iving near high tide level
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.232)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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