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Melania lauraea Matheron, 1843 †
1044576 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1044576)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
fossil only
Matheron, P. (1843). Catalogue méthodique et descriptif des corps organisés fossiles du départment des Bouches-du-Rhône et lieux circonvoisins. <em>Répertoire des travaux de la Société de statistique de Marseille.</em> 6: 81-341., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5719359d/f81.image
page(s): 291, pl. 36, figs 23-24 [details]
page(s): 291, pl. 36, figs 23-24 [details]
Note Fontaine-de-Vaucluse ("Vaucluse"), Vaucluse,...
Type locality Fontaine-de-Vaucluse ("Vaucluse"), Vaucluse, France; "equivalent du terrain à gypse", upper Oligocene (see Gaudant et al. 2018 for details). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania lauraea Matheron, 1843 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1044576 on 2025-09-11
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Matheron, P. (1843). Catalogue méthodique et descriptif des corps organisés fossiles du départment des Bouches-du-Rhône et lieux circonvoisins. <em>Répertoire des travaux de la Société de statistique de Marseille.</em> 6: 81-341., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5719359d/f81.image
page(s): 291, pl. 36, figs 23-24 [details]
new combination reference Kowalke, T. (2004). Evolution of the Pachychilidae Troschel, 1857 (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) - from the Tethys to modern tropical rivers. Zitteliana. A 44, 41-50.
page(s): 45 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 291, pl. 36, figs 23-24 [details]
new combination reference Kowalke, T. (2004). Evolution of the Pachychilidae Troschel, 1857 (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) - from the Tethys to modern tropical rivers. Zitteliana. A 44, 41-50.
page(s): 45 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality Fontaine-de-Vaucluse ("Vaucluse"), Vaucluse, France; "equivalent du terrain à gypse", upper Oligocene (see Gaudant et al. 2018 for details). [details]
