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Hyalea melly
Benoit, 1843
AphiaID
748955
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:748955)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Heterobranchia
Euthyneura
Tectipleura
Pteropoda
Euthecosomata
Cavolinioidea
Cavoliniidae
Cavoliniinae
Hyalea
Hyalea melly
Status
unaccepted >
junior subjective synonym
Accepted name
Cavolinia tridentata
(Forsskål, 1775)
Rank
Species
Parent
Hyalea
[sic]
accepted as
Hyalaea
Lamarck, 1799
accepted as
Cavolinia
Abildgaard, 1791
Original name
Hyalea melly
Benoit, 1843
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
Benoit, L. (1843). Ricerce Malacologiche. <em>Farfalletta, Opera periodica scientifica letteraria artistica Messina.</em> 11: 16.
,
available online at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34807555
page(s): 4 [reprint]; pl. 1 fig. 3
[details]
Type data
Note
forte del Salvadore near Messina, Sicily
Type locality
forte del Salvadore near Messina, Sicily
[details]
Taxonomic citation
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase.
Hyalea melly
Benoit, 1843. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=748955 on 2026-07-09
Regional species database citation
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species.
Hyalea melly
Benoit, 1843. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=748955 on 2026-07-09
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2014-01-30 12:11:24Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2022-06-04 20:32:32Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce
2024-03-15 20:31:10Z
changed
Köhler, Frank
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Notes (1)
Links (1)
original description
Benoit, L. (1843). Ricerce Malacologiche. <em>Farfalletta, Opera periodica scientifica letteraria artistica Messina.</em> 11: 16.
,
available online at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34807555
page(s): 4 [reprint]; pl. 1 fig. 3
[details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality
forte del Salvadore near Messina, Sicily
[details]
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