Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Melonis Montfort, 1808

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RAS taxon details

Melonis Montfort, 1808

Melonis pompilioides

AphiaID

112230 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112230)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Melonidae Holzmann & Pawlowski, 2017

Original name

Melonis Montfort, 1808

Direct children (2)

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Species Melonis affinis (Reuss, 1851)
Species Melonis barleeanus (Williamson, 1858) accepted as Melonis affinis (Reuss, 1851) (Subjective junior synonym of Melonis affinis in opinion of Hayward et al. (2010))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): p. 66 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Melonis Montfort, 1808. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112230 on 2026-08-29

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Melonis Montfort, 1808. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112230 on 2026-08-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gross, Onno

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2011-09-08 09:19:10Z

changed

Hayward, Bruce W.

2013-03-08 15:09:52Z

changed

Hayward, Bruce W.

2014-05-15 08:44:24Z

changed

Hayward, Bruce W.

2017-04-20 01:08:03Z

changed

Hayward, Bruce W.

2022-12-14 11:57:13Z

changed

Le Coze, François

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original description Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): p. 66 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Murray, J.W. (2006). Ecology and applications of benthic foraminifera. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press. 426pp., available online at http://www.cambridge.org/9780521828390 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Holzmann, M.; Pawlowski, J. (2017). An updated classification of rotaliid foraminifera based on ribosomal DNA phylogeny. Marine Micropaleontology. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2017.04.002
note: DNA basis for family placement [details] Available for editors

additional source Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]