WoRMS name details
Detracia Gray, 1840
574683 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:574683)
unaccepted
Melampus (Detracia) Gray, 1840 represented as Melampus Montfort, 1810
Genus
- Species Detracia bullaoides (Montagu, 1808) accepted as Melampus bullaoides (Montagu, 1808) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Detracia clarki J. P. E. Morrison, 1951 accepted as Melampus (Detracia) morrisoni Frias Martins, 1996 represented as Melampus morrisoni Frias Martins, 1996 (junior secondary homonym)
- Species Detracia globulus (A. d'Orbigny, 1838) accepted as Melampus globulus (A. d'Orbigny, 1838) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Detracia graminea J. P. E. Morrison, 1946 accepted as Melampus graminea (J. P. E. Morrison, 1946) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Detracia joseana J. P. E. Morrison, 1946 accepted as Melampus joseana (J. P. E. Morrison, 1946) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Detracia parana J. P. E. Morrison, 1951 accepted as Melampus paranus (J. P. E. Morrison, 1951)
- Species Detracia roquesana J. Gibson-Smith & W. Gibson-Smith, 1982 accepted as Melampus (Detracia) bullaoides (Montagu, 1808) represented as Melampus bullaoides (Montagu, 1808) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Detracia strigosa (E. von Martens, 1900) accepted as Melampus strigosus E. von Martens, 1900 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Detracia wolfii (K. Miller, 1879) accepted as Melampus (Detracia) wolfii K. Miller, 1879 represented as Melampus wolfii K. Miller, 1879 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Detracia zeteki Pilsbry, 1920 accepted as Melampus zeteki (Pilsbry, 1920) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J. E. (1840). <i>A manual of the land and freshwater shells of the British Islands by W. Turton</i>. A new edition. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. i-ix, 1-324, plates 1-12. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18243759
page(s): 20. [details]
page(s): 20. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Detracia Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574683 on 2026-01-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1840). <i>A manual of the land and freshwater shells of the British Islands by W. Turton</i>. A new edition. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. i-ix, 1-324, plates 1-12. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18243759
page(s): 20. [details]
page(s): 20. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Frias Martins, A. M. de. (2007). Morphological and anatomical diversity within the Ellobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Archaeopulmonata). <em>Vita Malacologica.</em> 4: 1–28.
page(s): 23. [details]
page(s): 23. [details]
