original description
Lea, I. (1831). Description of a new genus of the family Melaniana of Lamarck. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 4: 122-123, plate 15., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24786721
page(s): 122 [details]
basis of record
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent freshwater/brackish Gastropoda of the World. Last update: January 24th, 2018. OpenAccess publication. [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Io fusiformis is an unnecessary substitute name for Fusus fluvialis Say, 1825. [details]