WoRMS name details
Volema paradisiaca Röding, 1798
217076 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217076)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
Galeodes paradisaica (Röding, 1798) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Galeodes paradisiaca (Röding, 1798) · unaccepted (previous combination)
Melongena paradisaica (Röding, 1798) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Melongena paradisiaca (Röding, 1798) · unaccepted (previous combination)
marine
Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 58, sp. 7258. [details]
page(s): 58, sp. 7258. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Volema paradisiaca Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217076 on 2026-05-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 58, sp. 7258. [details]
basis of record Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 58, sp. 7258. [details]
basis of record Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Marais J.P. & Kilburn R.N. (2010) Melongenidae. Pp. 174-175, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
page(s): 174. [details]
page(s): 174. [details]
Other
additional source
Cernohorsky, W. O. (1974). Type specimens of Mollusca in the University Zoological Museum, Copenhagen. <em>Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum.</em> 11: 143-192., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61709276 [details]
additional source Martini, F. H. W. (1777) Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nach der Natur gezeichnet und mit lebendigen Farben erleuchtet. III. Band. - pp. [1-4], [I-IV [= 1-4], 1-434, [1-4], Tab. LXVI-CXXI [= 66-121]. Nürnberg. (Raspe). , available online at http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/reference?id=2729
page(s): 202, pl. 94 figs 909-910 [details]
additional source Martini, F. H. W. (1777) Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Nach der Natur gezeichnet und mit lebendigen Farben erleuchtet. III. Band. - pp. [1-4], [I-IV [= 1-4], 1-434, [1-4], Tab. LXVI-CXXI [= 66-121]. Nürnberg. (Raspe). , available online at http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/reference?id=2729
page(s): 202, pl. 94 figs 909-910 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
