MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Melania (Melasma) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 1: 302. [details]
additional source
Glaubrecht M., Brinkmann N. & Pöppe J. (2009). Diversity and disparity ‘down under': Systematics, biogeography and reproductive modes of the ‘marsupial' freshwater Thiaridae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) in Australia. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 85(2): 199-275., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/zoos.200900004
page(s): 223; note: erroneous attribution of authorship [details]
additional source
Adams, A. & Angas, G. F. (1864). Descriptions of new species of freshwater shells collected by Mr. F. G.Waterhouse during J. McDonald Stuart's overland journey from Adelaide to the north west coast of Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1863: 414-418., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681768
page(s): 415; note: stated to be the original description of Melasma by Glaubrecht et al. (2009) [details]
additional source
Baker, H. B. (1967). <i>Juga</i> and <i>Melasma</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 81(1): 36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8528026 [details]
subsequent type designation
Cossmann, M. (1909). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Huitième livraison. Paris, The author and de Rudeval. 248 pp., 4 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36852591
page(s): 125 [details]