WoRMS name details
Fenella tanyspira Melvill & Standen, 1901
1520664 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1520664)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Fenella A. Adams, 1864 accepted as Finella A. Adams, 1860
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1901). The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Seas as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1900, with descriptions of new species. Part 1, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1901 (2): 327-460., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888798
page(s): 370, pl. 22, fig. 14 [details]
page(s): 370, pl. 22, fig. 14 [details]
Type locality contained in Karachi Coast
type locality contained in Karachi Coast [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Fenella tanyspira Melvill & Standen, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1520664 on 2026-07-24
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Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1901). The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Seas as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1900, with descriptions of new species. Part 1, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1901 (2): 327-460., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31888798
page(s): 370, pl. 22, fig. 14 [details]
page(s): 370, pl. 22, fig. 14 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
