WoRMS taxon details
Volvarina eumorpha (Melvill, 1906)
474029 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:474029)
accepted
Species
Marginella (Volvaria) eumorpha Melvill, 1906 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine
(of Marginella (Volvaria) eumorpha Melvill, 1906) Melvill, J. C. (1906). Descriptions of thirty-one Gastropoda and one scaphopod from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, dredged by Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1902-1904. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 7(2): 69-80, pls 7-8., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797513
page(s): 76, pl. 8, fig. 19. [details]
page(s): 76, pl. 8, fig. 19. [details]
Type locality contained in Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf
type locality contained in Gulf of Oman [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Persian Gulf [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Persian Gulf [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution Gulf of Oman, Masirah, Dhofar and the Persian Gulf, in 6 to 35 m.
Distribution Gulf of Oman, Masirah, Dhofar and the Persian Gulf, in 6 to 35 m. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Volvarina eumorpha (Melvill, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=474029 on 2025-03-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Marginella (Volvaria) eumorpha Melvill, 1906) Melvill, J. C. (1906). Descriptions of thirty-one Gastropoda and one scaphopod from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, dredged by Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1902-1904. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 7(2): 69-80, pls 7-8., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15797513
page(s): 76, pl. 8, fig. 19. [details]
basis of record Cossignani, T. (2006). <i>Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World</i>. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp. [details]
basis of record Boyer F. (2017). Révision des Marginellidae du Récifal supérieur de l'île de Masirah (Oman). <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 17: 3-31. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Boyer, F. & Renda, W. (2021). About <i>Volvarina eumorpha</i> (Melvill, 1906) (Marginellidae) and closely related species, with description of a new species from the Gulf of Oman. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 44(2): 189-198.
page(s): 190, figs 1-12, 29 [details]
page(s): 76, pl. 8, fig. 19. [details]
basis of record Cossignani, T. (2006). <i>Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World</i>. L'Informatore Piceno. 408 pp. [details]
basis of record Boyer F. (2017). Révision des Marginellidae du Récifal supérieur de l'île de Masirah (Oman). <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 17: 3-31. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Boyer, F. & Renda, W. (2021). About <i>Volvarina eumorpha</i> (Melvill, 1906) (Marginellidae) and closely related species, with description of a new species from the Gulf of Oman. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 44(2): 189-198.
page(s): 190, figs 1-12, 29 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Gulf of Oman, Masirah, Dhofar and the Persian Gulf, in 6 to 35 m. [details]
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