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Melania curvicosta Deshayes, 1835 †
1039247 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1039247)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
Melania (Striatella) etrusca var. dertopraecedens Sacco, 1895 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania (Striatella) etrusca var. dertostricta Sacco, 1895 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Variety Melania curvicosta var. hellenica Bukowski, 1892 † accepted as Melanoides tuberculata curvicosta (Deshayes, 1835) † accepted as Melanoides curvicosta (Deshayes, 1835) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Melania curvicosta var. monolithica Bukowski, 1892 † accepted as Melanoides tuberculata monolithica (Bukowski, 1892) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
fossil only
Deshayes, G. P. (1835). Mollusques. pp. 81-203, iii, pls. 18-28, 1 text fig. In: J.-B.-G.-M. Bory de Saint-Vincent (ed.), <i>Expédition scientifique de Morée. Section des sciences physiques. Tome III (1.re Partie). Zoologie</i>. Paris, F.G. Levrault. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=5_OZq_dzQDgC
page(s): 149, pl. 25, figs 7-9 [details]
page(s): 149, pl. 25, figs 7-9 [details]
Note Peloponnese peninsula ("Morea"), Greece; probably...
Type locality Peloponnese peninsula ("Morea"), Greece; probably Plio-Pleistocene (exact locality and age unknown) [details]
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Deshayes, G. P. (1835). Mollusques. pp. 81-203, iii, pls. 18-28, 1 text fig. In: J.-B.-G.-M. Bory de Saint-Vincent (ed.), <i>Expédition scientifique de Morée. Section des sciences physiques. Tome III (1.re Partie). Zoologie</i>. Paris, F.G. Levrault. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=5_OZq_dzQDgC
page(s): 149, pl. 25, figs 7-9 [details]
basis of record Bukowski, G.v. (1892). Notiz über die Molluskenfauna der levantinischen Bildungen der Insel Rhodus. Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. 29, 247-250., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6341721
page(s): 248 [details]
additional source Willmann, R. (1981). Evolution, Systematik und stratigraphische Bedeutung der neogenen Süßwassergastropoden von Rhodos und Kos/Ägäis. Palaeontographica. Abt. A, 174, 10-235.
page(s): 123 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Schütt, H. (1988). Mollusken aus den tertiären Brackwasserschichten von Githion in Lakonia (Griechenland). <em>Geologica et Palaeontologica.</em> 22: 145-155. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 149, pl. 25, figs 7-9 [details]
basis of record Bukowski, G.v. (1892). Notiz über die Molluskenfauna der levantinischen Bildungen der Insel Rhodus. Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. 29, 247-250., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6341721
page(s): 248 [details]
additional source Willmann, R. (1981). Evolution, Systematik und stratigraphische Bedeutung der neogenen Süßwassergastropoden von Rhodos und Kos/Ägäis. Palaeontographica. Abt. A, 174, 10-235.
page(s): 123 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Schütt, H. (1988). Mollusken aus den tertiären Brackwasserschichten von Githion in Lakonia (Griechenland). <em>Geologica et Palaeontologica.</em> 22: 145-155. [details] Available for editors
[request]
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Type locality Peloponnese peninsula ("Morea"), Greece; probably Plio-Pleistocene (exact locality and age unknown) [details]
