MolluscaBase - Melanithes Swainson, 1840

FreshGEN name details

Melanithes Swainson, 1840

AphiaID

1035725 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1035725)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior synonym)

Accepted Name

Melanopsis A. Férussac, 1807

Rank

Genus

Parent

Melanopsidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 202, 341 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melanithes Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: Neubauer, T.A.; Harzhauser, M.; Kroh, A.; Georgopoulou, E.; Mandic, O. (2014) Freshwater Gastropods of the European Neogene database (FreshGEN) at: http://www.marinespecies.org/freshgen/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1035725 on 2024-11-20

Thematic species database citation

Neubauer, T.A.; Harzhauser, M.; Kroh, A.; Georgopoulou, E.; Mandic, O. (2014). Freshwater Gastropods of the European Neogene database (FreshGEN). Melanithes Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/freshgen/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1035725 on 2024-11-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-09-16 19:58:00Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2018-03-01 08:54:58Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (1)

original description Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 202, 341 [details]