Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details

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Taxonomy

Accepted name		Melanoides tuberculatus (O.F. Muller 1774)

Taxonomic rank		Species

Taxonomic status		valid

Taxonomic comment

Nomenclature and Synonyms

Genus group name(s)	Taxonomic comment
Melanoides Olivier 1804 [genus]
no synonyms present in the database for this taxon

Species group name(s)	Original genus	Taxonomic comment
tuberculatus O.F. Muller 1774 [species]	Nerita
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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Rank	Name
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Eumetazoa
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Gastropoda
Subclass	Orthogastropoda
Superorder	Caenogastropoda
Order	Neotaenioglossa
Superfamily	Cerithoidea
Family	Thiaridae
Subfamily	Thiarinae
Genus	Melanoides
Species	*tuberculatus*

Distribution

Experts

Name	Fauna Europaea status
Bank, Ruud A.	group coordinator
Bank, Ruud A.	taxonomic specialist

References

Accepted name:

Melanoides tuberculatus (O.F. Muller 1774)

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