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Brotia godwini (Brot, 1875)
1057841 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1057841)
accepted
Species
Brotia hanleyi (Godwin-Austen, 1872) · unaccepted (secondary homonym in Melania;...)
secondary homonym in Melania; replaced by Melania godwini Brot, 1875
Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. binodulifera G. Nevill, 1885 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania godwini Brot, 1875 · unaccepted (original combination)
Melania variabilis var. binodulifera G. Nevill, 1885 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melanoides hanleyi Godwin-Austen, 1872 · unaccepted (secondary homonym in Melania;...)
secondary homonym in Melania; replaced by Melania godwini Brot, 1875
(of Melania godwini Brot, 1875) Brot, A. (1874-1879). Die Melaniaceen (Melanidae) in Abbildungen der Natur mit Beschreibungen. <em>In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz.</em> Ersten Bandes, vierundzwanzigste Abtheilung. (1) 24 (229): 1-32, pls. 1-6 (1874); (1) 24 (235): 33-80, pls. 7-12 (1875); (1) 24 (244): 81-128, pls. 13-18 (1875); (1) 24 (249): 129-192, pls. 19-24 (1876); (1) 24 (259): 193-272, pls. 25-30 (1877); (1) 24 (264): 273-352, pls. 31-36 (1877); (1) 24 (271): 353-400, pls. 37-42 (1878); (1) 24 (280): 401-456, pls. 43-48 (1879); (1) 24 (283): 457-488, pl. 49 (1879). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52389932
page(s): 90, pl. 10, fig. 3; note: nom. nov. pro Melanoides hanleyi Godwin Austen, 1872, secondary homonym of Melania hanleyi Brot, 1860 [details]
page(s): 90, pl. 10, fig. 3; note: nom. nov. pro Melanoides hanleyi Godwin Austen, 1872, secondary homonym of Melania hanleyi Brot, 1860 [details]
Lectotype (of Melanoides hanleyi Godwin-Austen, 1872)...
Lectotype (of Melanoides hanleyi Godwin-Austen, 1872) NHMUK 19991561/A [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Brotia godwini (Brot, 1875). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1057841 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Melania godwini Brot, 1875) Brot, A. (1874-1879). Die Melaniaceen (Melanidae) in Abbildungen der Natur mit Beschreibungen. <em>In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz.</em> Ersten Bandes, vierundzwanzigste Abtheilung. (1) 24 (229): 1-32, pls. 1-6 (1874); (1) 24 (235): 33-80, pls. 7-12 (1875); (1) 24 (244): 81-128, pls. 13-18 (1875); (1) 24 (249): 129-192, pls. 19-24 (1876); (1) 24 (259): 193-272, pls. 25-30 (1877); (1) 24 (264): 273-352, pls. 31-36 (1877); (1) 24 (271): 353-400, pls. 37-42 (1878); (1) 24 (280): 401-456, pls. 43-48 (1879); (1) 24 (283): 457-488, pl. 49 (1879). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52389932
page(s): 90, pl. 10, fig. 3; note: nom. nov. pro Melanoides hanleyi Godwin Austen, 1872, secondary homonym of Melania hanleyi Brot, 1860 [details]
original description (of Melanoides hanleyi Godwin-Austen, 1872) Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1872). Descriptions of new land and freshwater shells from the Khasi, North Kachar, and Naga Hills, N. E. Bengal. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 40 (2): 514-518, pl. 30. London [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28611914
page(s): 514-5, pl. 30, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. binodulifera G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill, G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 259 [details]
basis of record Köhler, F.; Glaubrecht, M. (2006). A systematic revision of the southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae). <em>Malacologia.</em> 48(1−2): 159−251., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13115602
page(s): 185 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 90, pl. 10, fig. 3; note: nom. nov. pro Melanoides hanleyi Godwin Austen, 1872, secondary homonym of Melania hanleyi Brot, 1860 [details]
original description (of Melanoides hanleyi Godwin-Austen, 1872) Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1872). Descriptions of new land and freshwater shells from the Khasi, North Kachar, and Naga Hills, N. E. Bengal. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 40 (2): 514-518, pl. 30. London [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28611914
page(s): 514-5, pl. 30, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. binodulifera G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill, G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 259 [details]
basis of record Köhler, F.; Glaubrecht, M. (2006). A systematic revision of the southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae). <em>Malacologia.</em> 48(1−2): 159−251., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13115602
page(s): 185 [details] Available for editors

Lectotype (of Melanoides hanleyi Godwin-Austen, 1872) NHMUK 19991561/A [details]