MolluscaBase name details
Melania madagascariensis Grateloup, 1840
1057687 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1057687)
unaccepted (secondary homonym of Pirena madagascariensis Lamarck, 1816)
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
recent only
Grateloup, J.-P. S. (1840). Mémoire descriptif sur plusieurs espèces de coquilles nouvelles ou peu connues de mollusques exotiques vivants, terrestres, fluviatilis et marins. <em>Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux.</em> 11 (36): 389-455, pls 1-4. [dated 25 November 1840]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35029678
page(s): 431, pl. pl. 4, fig. 7. [details]
page(s): 431, pl. pl. 4, fig. 7. [details]
Type locality contained in Madagascar
type locality contained in Madagascar [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania madagascariensis Grateloup, 1840. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1057687 on 2025-09-12
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original description
Grateloup, J.-P. S. (1840). Mémoire descriptif sur plusieurs espèces de coquilles nouvelles ou peu connues de mollusques exotiques vivants, terrestres, fluviatilis et marins. <em>Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux.</em> 11 (36): 389-455, pls 1-4. [dated 25 November 1840]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35029678
page(s): 431, pl. pl. 4, fig. 7. [details]
page(s): 431, pl. pl. 4, fig. 7. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
