WoRMS taxon details

Miomelon Dall, 1907

197005  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:197005)

accepted
Genus
Volutilithes philippiana Dall, 1890 accepted as Miomelon philippianum (Dall, 1890) (type by original designation)
Proscaphella Ihering, 1907 † · unaccepted (synonym)

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MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Miomelon Dall, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197005 on 2024-03-28
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2006-03-02 13:46:13Z
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2006-09-25 06:54:45Z
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Martinez, Olga
2009-02-04 10:57:56Z
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2012-12-26 00:36:22Z
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2020-09-05 05:36:04Z
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2022-08-29 19:04:29Z
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original description  (of Proscaphella Ihering, 1907 †) Ihering, H. von. (1907). Les mollusques fossiles du Tertiaire et du Crétacé supérieur de l'Argentine. <em>Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires.</em> ser. 3, 7: xiii, 1–611, 18 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50857
page(s): 100, 202, 205 [details]   

basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. <em>ConchBooks, Hackenheim.</em> 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]   

additional source Dell, R. K. (1990). Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 27: 1–311 [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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Diagnosis Small, broadly fusiform. Protoconch very small, smooth. Teleoconch axially and spirally sculptured.
Radula with prong-like central cups. [details]