Melampus olivaceus

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Melampus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. bidentatus (Eastern Melampus) · M. bullaoides (Bubble Melampus) · M. coffeus (Coffee Melampus) · M. floridanus (Florida Melampus) · M. monile (Caribbean Melampus) · M. olivaceus (California Melampus)

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Further Reading

• A monograph of the terrestrial Mollusca inhabiting the United States: with illustrations of all species / by George W. Tryon, Jr. Philadelphia: The Author, [1866] url , p. 147.
• American journal of conchology. Philadelphia, G.W. Tryon, jr., 1865-72. url p. 16, p. 7.
• Annual report - Western Society of Malacologists. Pomona, Calif., Western Society of Malacologists. url p. 14, p. 38.
• Annual report of the Laguna Marine Laboratory / Pomona College. Claremont, Calif.: Dept. of Biology, Pomona College, 1912- url p. 111.
• Annual report of the regents of the university of the state of New York on the condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History and the historical and antiquarian collection annexed thereto. Albany, Regents of the University of the State of New York. url p. 31, p. 38, p. 43.
• Bibliography of North American conchology previous to the year 1860: prepared for the Smithsonian Institution / by W. G. Binney. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1863-1864. url p. 307, p. 311, p. 391, p. 464.
• Boston journal of natural history. Boston, Boston Society of Natural History. url p. 206.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 192, p. 66.
• Catalogue of North American shells / collected and for sale by Henry Hemphill. San Diego, Calif.: H. Hemphill, 1890. url p. 20.
• Catalogue of North American shells, collected and for sale by Henry Hemphill [San Diego, Calif., Henry Hemphill]1890 url p. 20.
• Catalogue of marine shells in Lorenzo G. Yates' collection, Santa Barbara, Cal. Santa Barbara, Cal., 1886. url p. 17.
• Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan shells in the British Museum, collected by Frederick Reigen / described by Philip P. Carpenter. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1857. url p. 178.
• Check lists of the shells of North America Prepared for the Smithsonian institution, by Isaac Lea, P. P. Carpenter, Wm. Stimpson, W. G. Binney, and Temple Prime Washington, Smithsonian institution1860 url p. 2, p. 5.
• Conchological miscellany. Boston, etc., 1834?-1883? url p. 18.
• Contributions to biology from the Hopkins Seaside Laboratory of the Leland Stanford Jr. University. Stanford University, Calif.: The University, 1895-1904. url p. 19, p. 197, p. 31.
• East coast marine shells; descriptions of shore mollusks together with many living below tide mark, from Maine to Texas inclusive, especially Florida. Ann Arbor, Mich., Edwards Brothers, Inc.[c1937] url p. 284.
• FWS/0BS. [Washington]Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. url p. 59, p. 60, p. 61, p. 63, p. 81.
• Geographical catalogue of the Mollusca found west of the Rocky Mountains, between latitudes 33 and 49 north, by J.G. Cooper. San Francisco, Towne & Bacon, 1867. url p. 18.
• Hand list of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta / Calcutta: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1878-84. url .
• Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: The Academy, 1868- url p. 19, p. 197, p. 22, p. 22, p. 24, p. 25, p. 25, p. 31, p. 31, p. 42.
• Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 2 1944 San Diego, Calif.: The Society, 1931-1989. url p. 69.
• Molluscan world, San Diego, Calif., 1915. url p. 100, p. 11, p. 208.
• North American index fossils, invertebrates / New York: A.G. Seiler, 1909-10. url p. 712, p. 814.
• Notes on American land shells, and other miscellaneous conchological contributions / by W.G. Binney. Burlington, N.J.: Printed for the author, 1874-[1879]. url p. 46.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 532, p. 561.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 15 1892 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 196, p. 27, p. 283, p. 376, p. 505.
• Selected vertebrate endangered species of the seacoast of the United States / prepared by National Fish and Wildlife Laboratory, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [Washington]: The Service: [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1980. url p. 4.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 10 1873 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 107, p. 2, p. 27, p. 283, p. 391, p. 464, p. 5, Index, p. vii.
• Texas conchologist. Houston, Houston Conchology Society url .
• The Conchologists' exchange. Philadelphia, Wm. D. Averell. url p. 58.
• The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 103, p. 103, p. 130, p. 130, p. 24, p. 24, p. 34, p. 34, p. 45, p. 55, p. 55, p. 57, p. 57, p. 81, p. 81, p. 82, p. 90, p. 90, p. vi.
• The mollusks of western North America. By Philip P. Carpenter. Embracing the second report made to the British association on this subject, with other papers; reprinted by permission, with a general index. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1872. url p. 159.
• The shell book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the families of living mollusks, and an aid to the identification of shells native and foreign, New York, Doubleday, Page & company, 1908. url .
• The terrestrial air-breathing mollusks of the United States, and the adjacent territories of North America: described and illustrated by Amos Binney. Ed. by Augustus A. Gould. .. Boston, C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1851-78. url p. 206, p. 26, p. 27.
• Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 14 1966 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 171, p. 220, p. 224, p. 256, p. 275, p. 332, p. 332, p. 333, p. 333, p. 335, p. 336, p. 336, p. 339, p. 43, p. 456, p. 472, p. 492.
• Type specimens of marine mollusca described by P. P. Carpenter from the west coast (San Diego to British Columbia) [New York, Geological Society of America]1958. url p. 260, p. 27, p. 52.
• West coast shells. A familiar description of the marine, fresh water, and land mollusks of United States, found west of the Rocky Mountains. .. by Josiah Keep. .. With numerous illustrations by Laura M. Mellen. .. San Francisco, S. Carson & Co., 1888. url p. 228.
• Zoe:a biological journal. 3 1892 San Diego, Calif. [etc.]Zoe Publishing Co. url p. 22, p. 22, p. 381, p. 381.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 4, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 07, 2007:

• Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2687559
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16078739
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 76459
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 649411

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