WoRMS name details
Calyptraea (Galerus) edgariana Melvill, 1898
1592439 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1592439)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Calyptraea (Galerus) J. E. Gray, 1847 represented as Calyptraea Lamarck, 1799
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Melvill, J. C. (1898). A brief bibliographical résumé of the Erythraean molluscan fauna, with descriptions of sixteen species from Aden. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 7, 1: 194–206, pl. 12., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19365397
page(s): 201, pl. 12, fig. 8. [details]
page(s): 201, pl. 12, fig. 8. [details]
Type locality contained in Gulf of Aden
type locality contained in Gulf of Aden [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Calyptraea (Galerus) edgariana Melvill, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1592439 on 2026-05-11
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Nomenclature
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Melvill, J. C. (1898). A brief bibliographical résumé of the Erythraean molluscan fauna, with descriptions of sixteen species from Aden. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 7, 1: 194–206, pl. 12., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19365397
page(s): 201, pl. 12, fig. 8. [details]
page(s): 201, pl. 12, fig. 8. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
