Melanochlamys cylindrica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Philinoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Heterobranchia Infraclassis: Euthyneura Cohors: Tectipleura Subcohors: Euopisthobranchia Ordo: Cephalaspidea Superfamilia: Philinoidea

Familia: Aglajidae
Genus: Melanochlamys
Species: Melanochlamys cylindrica

Name

• Melanochlamys cylindrica Cheeseman, 1881
  • Etymology: From Latin adjective "cylindrica," inflection of "cylindricus" ('cylindrical').
  • Authority for current placement: original

References

Primary references

• Cheeseman, T.F. 1881: On a new genus of opisthobranchiate Mollusca. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 13: 224. full text and pdf Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 224]

Additional references

• Krug, P.J. et al. 2008: Molecular confirmation of species status for the rare cephalaspidean Melanochlamys lorrainae (Rudman, 1968), and comparison with its sister species M. cylindrica Cheeseman, 1881. Journal of molluscan studies, 74(3): 267–276. DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyn018
• Rudman, W.B. 1972. On Melanochlamys Cheeseman, 1881, a genus of the Aglajidae (Opisthobranchia: Gastropoda). Pacific Science 26(1): 50-62. hdl: 10125/377 . Reference page.