MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Melanella petitiana (Brusina, 1869)

ERMS taxon details

Melanella petitiana (Brusina, 1869)

Melanella petitiana (Brusina, 1869)
Shell from Mohammedia, Morocco (actual size 5.2 mm).

AphiaID

139857 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139857)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Melanella Bowdich, 1822

Original name

Eulima petitiana Brusina, 1869

Synonymised names

Eulima petitiana Brusina, 1869 · unaccepted

Vitreolina petitiana (Brusina, 1869) · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Eulima petitiana Brusina, 1869) Brusina, S. (1869). Gasteropodes nouveaux de l'Adriatique. Journal de Conchyliologie. 17(3): 230-249., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15662444 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanella petitiana (Brusina, 1869). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139857 on 2026-01-16

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Melanella petitiana (Brusina, 1869). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139857 on 2026-01-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

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original description (of Eulima petitiana Brusina, 1869) Brusina, S. (1869). Gasteropodes nouveaux de l'Adriatique. Journal de Conchyliologie. 17(3): 230-249., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15662444 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]