Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Anomalodesmata > Superfamily Clavagelloidea > Family Clavagellidae > Genus Bryopa

Bryopa melitensis (Broderip, 1834)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bryopa*	Gray, 1847	accepted genus name
*Tiria*	Gregorio, 1886	synonym

Species group names

*Clavagella angulata*	Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Clavagella melitensis*	Broderip, 1834	synonym
*Tiria pluta*	Gregorio, 1885	synonym

Literature

original description	Broderip W.J. 1834. On Clavagella. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 115-117.
additional source	Deshayes G.P. (1845-1848). Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie. Histoire naturelle des Mollusques. Tome premier. Mollusques Acéphalés. Paris, Imprimerie Royale xx + 609 p. [Originally issued in livraisons, with work suspended at the 25th. cf. Sherborn (1901) in Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 8, p. 163; all published. Plate numeration established by Brit. Mus. Cat. (Nat. Hist.) with 9-b, 38, 76, 88, 91, 120, 122, 127-9, 131-3, 136-8, 140-1 never published. Plates are in Roman numeration] full text in Google Books; plates in Göttinger Digitalisierungszentrum
redescription	Broderip W.J. 1835. On Clavagella. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 1: 263-268, pl. 30, 35.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Bryopa melitensis (Broderip, 1834). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:573726