Fectola melchior Goulstone & Brook, 1999
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Fectola melchior Goulstone & Brook, 1999
- Name authority
- Goulstone & Brook, 1999
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Family
- Charopidae
- Genus
- Fectola
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: yes. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classGastropoda Cuvier, 1795
- subclassHeterobranchia Burmeister, 1837
- infraclassEuthyneura Spengel, 1881
- subterclassTectipleura
- superorderEupulmonata Haszprunar & Huber, 1990
- superfamilyPunctoidea E. S. Morse, 1864
- familyCharopidae F. W. Hutton, 1884
- subfamilyCharopinae F. W. Hutton, 1884
- genusFectola Iredale, 1915
- speciesFectola melchior Goulstone & Brook, 1999
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Fectola. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Fectola charopiformis (N. W. Gardner, 1967) | CharopidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fectola hekyra B. A. Marshall & Worthy, 2017 | CharopidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Fectola infecta (Reeve, 1852) | CharopidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Goulstone, J. F., & Brook, F. J. (1999). Descriptions of five species of terrestrial molluscs (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Punctidae, Charopidae, Rhytididae) discovered in the Three Kings Islands, northern New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 29: 23–39. https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1999.9517581 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3DX6C. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.