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Pachychilus apis (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)
1059080 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1059080)
accepted
Species
Melania apis I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851 · unaccepted (original combination)
Melania apis Reeve, 1860 · unaccepted (invalid: junior objective homonym...)
invalid: junior objective homonym of Melania apis I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851
(of Melania apis I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) Lea, I.; Lea, H. C. (1851). Description of a new genus of the family Melaniana, and of many new species of the genus <i>Melania</i>, chiefly collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., during his zoological voyage in the East , and now first described. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 18: 179-197 [28 February 1851, teste Duncan (1937:81)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12858889
page(s): 190-191 [details]
page(s): 190-191 [details]
Type locality contained in Mexico
type locality contained in Mexico [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pachychilus apis (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1059080 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Melania apis I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) Lea, I.; Lea, H. C. (1851). Description of a new genus of the family Melaniana, and of many new species of the genus <i>Melania</i>, chiefly collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., during his zoological voyage in the East , and now first described. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 18: 179-197 [28 February 1851, teste Duncan (1937:81)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12858889
page(s): 190-191 [details]
original description (of Melania apis Reeve, 1860) Reeve, L. A. (1859-1861). Monograph of the genus <i>Melania</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 12, pls 1-59 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1861; pls 2-9, November 1859; pls 10-17, December 1859; pls 18-25, 28-29, January 1860; pls 26-27, 30, February 1860; pls 31-33, May 1860; pls 34-45, September 1860; pls 46-47, November 1860; pls 48-49, December 1860, pls 50-51, March 1861; pls 52-53, April 1861; pls 54-59, May 1861]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11125701
page(s): pl. 38, species 266 [details]
basis of record Gomez-Berning, M.; Köhler, F.; Glaubrecht, M. (2012). Catalogue of the nominal taxa of Mesoamerican Pachychilidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3381: 1–44.
page(s): 6 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Czaja, A.; Meza-Sánchez, I. G.; Estrada-Rodríguez, J. L.; Romero-Méndez, U.; Sáenz-Mata, J.; Ávila-Rodríguez, V.; Becerra-López, J. L.; Estrada-Arellano, J. R.; Cardoza-Martínez, G. F.; Aguillón-Gutiérrez, D. R.; Cordero-Torres, D. G.; Covich, A. P. (2020). The freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Mexico: updated checklist, endemicity hotspots, threats and conservation status. <em>Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad.</em> 91: e912909., available online at https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2020.91.2909 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Thompson, F. G. (2011). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the land and freshwater snails of México and Central America. <em>Florida Museum of Natural History Bulletin.</em> 50(1): 1-299. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 190-191 [details]
original description (of Melania apis Reeve, 1860) Reeve, L. A. (1859-1861). Monograph of the genus <i>Melania</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 12, pls 1-59 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1861; pls 2-9, November 1859; pls 10-17, December 1859; pls 18-25, 28-29, January 1860; pls 26-27, 30, February 1860; pls 31-33, May 1860; pls 34-45, September 1860; pls 46-47, November 1860; pls 48-49, December 1860, pls 50-51, March 1861; pls 52-53, April 1861; pls 54-59, May 1861]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11125701
page(s): pl. 38, species 266 [details]
basis of record Gomez-Berning, M.; Köhler, F.; Glaubrecht, M. (2012). Catalogue of the nominal taxa of Mesoamerican Pachychilidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3381: 1–44.
page(s): 6 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Czaja, A.; Meza-Sánchez, I. G.; Estrada-Rodríguez, J. L.; Romero-Méndez, U.; Sáenz-Mata, J.; Ávila-Rodríguez, V.; Becerra-López, J. L.; Estrada-Arellano, J. R.; Cardoza-Martínez, G. F.; Aguillón-Gutiérrez, D. R.; Cordero-Torres, D. G.; Covich, A. P. (2020). The freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Mexico: updated checklist, endemicity hotspots, threats and conservation status. <em>Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad.</em> 91: e912909., available online at https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2020.91.2909 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Thompson, F. G. (2011). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the land and freshwater snails of México and Central America. <em>Florida Museum of Natural History Bulletin.</em> 50(1): 1-299. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Melania apis I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) USNM 119732, geounit Mexico [details]
