WoRMS name details
Melanella solitaria (E. A. Smith, 1915)
197277 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:197277)
accepted > unreplaced junior homonym (based on preoccupied original name)
Species
Balcis solitaria (E. A. Smith, 1915) · unaccepted
Eulima solitaria E. A. Smith, 1915 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid; not C. B. Adams, 1852)
Melanella laseroni Hedley, 1916 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Eulima solitaria E. A. Smith, 1915) Smith, E. A. (1915). Mollusca. Part I. - Gastropoda Prosobranchia, Scaphopoda and Pelecypoda. <em>British Antarctic Terra Nova Expedition, Natural History Reports (Zoology).</em> 2(4): 61-112, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/965528
page(s): 64, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
page(s): 64, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
Type locality contained in McMurdo Sound
type locality contained in McMurdo Sound [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanella solitaria (E. A. Smith, 1915). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197277 on 2025-05-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Melanella laseroni Hedley, 1916) Hedley, C. (1916). Mollusca. Scientific Reports of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–1914. Under the Leadership of Sir Douglas Mawson, D. Sc., B. E., Scientific Results Series C.-Zoology and Botany, 4, 1–80, 9 pls. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57464338
page(s): 49, pl. 7, fig. 79 [details]
original description (of Eulima solitaria E. A. Smith, 1915) Smith, E. A. (1915). Mollusca. Part I. - Gastropoda Prosobranchia, Scaphopoda and Pelecypoda. <em>British Antarctic Terra Nova Expedition, Natural History Reports (Zoology).</em> 2(4): 61-112, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/965528
page(s): 64, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
basis of record Engl, W. (2012). <i>Shells of Antarctica</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. [details]
page(s): 49, pl. 7, fig. 79 [details]
original description (of Eulima solitaria E. A. Smith, 1915) Smith, E. A. (1915). Mollusca. Part I. - Gastropoda Prosobranchia, Scaphopoda and Pelecypoda. <em>British Antarctic Terra Nova Expedition, Natural History Reports (Zoology).</em> 2(4): 61-112, pls 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/965528
page(s): 64, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
basis of record Engl, W. (2012). <i>Shells of Antarctica</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. <em>Organisms Diversity and Evolution.</em> 3: 207-213., available online at https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/publication/sombase-southern-ocean-mollusc-database-a-tool-for-biogeographic/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
