North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Ovatella aequalis (R. T. Lowe, 1832)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 97231)

AphiaID

139674 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139674)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Ovatella Bivona e Bernardi, 1832

Original name

Melampus aequalis R. T. Lowe, 1832

Synonymised names

Melampus aequalis R. T. Lowe, 1832 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Melampus aequalis R. T. Lowe, 1832) Lowe, R. T. (1832). On the genera Melampus, Pedipes and Truncatella with experiments tending to demonstrate the nature of the respiratory organs of these Mollusca. Zoological Journal. 5: 280-305, pl. 13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27657643 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ovatella aequalis (R. T. Lowe, 1832). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=139674 on 2026-02-13

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Ovatella aequalis (R. T. Lowe, 1832). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=139674 on 2026-02-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2017-06-26 13:24:29Z

changed

Neubert, Eike

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original description (of Melampus aequalis R. T. Lowe, 1832) Lowe, R. T. (1832). On the genera Melampus, Pedipes and Truncatella with experiments tending to demonstrate the nature of the respiratory organs of these Mollusca. Zoological Journal. 5: 280-305, pl. 13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27657643 [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]