Wallaconchis melanesiensis

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Onchidoidea
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: Panpulmonata Superordo: Eupulmonata Ordo: Systellommatophora Superfamilia: Onchidoidea

Holotype: MNHN IM-2013-13761, 13/10 mm [5417]

Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Madang, SW Hargun Island, 05°01.60'S, 145°47.90'E, st PM24, night tide.

Etymology: named after the region of Melanesia.

Goulding, T.C., Khalil, M., Tan, S.H. & Dayrat, B. 2018. Integrative taxonomy of a new and highly-diverse genus of onchidiid slugs from the Coral Triangle (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Onchidiidae). ZooKeys 763: 1–111. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.763.21252. Reference page.

MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle (2020). The molluscs collection (IM) of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN - Paris). Version 70.161. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/xgoxap accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-05-12. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1212541860
MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Wallaconchis melanesiensis Goulding & Dayrat, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1258972 on 2020-05-12

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