WoRMS name details
Melania tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
1060095 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1060095)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
Melania (Striatella) tuberculata var. flavida G. Nevill, 1885 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Melania tuberculata plicifera Mousson, 1849 accepted as Melanoides tuberculata moussoni Clench, 1927 (unaccepted > junior homonym, non Melania plicifera I. Lea, 1838, Melanoides tuberculata moussoni Clench, 1927 is replacement name)
- Variety Melania tuberculata var. angularis E. von Martens, 1897 accepted as Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, suspected synonym)
- Variety Melania tuberculata var. anomala Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914 accepted as Melanoides anomala (Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914) (basionym)
- Variety Melania tuberculata var. assavaensis Mousson, 1865 accepted as Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, original name)
- Variety Melania tuberculata var. furnensis Magrograssi, 1928 † accepted as Melanoides tuberculata monolithica (Bukowski, 1892) † (nomen nudum; junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Melania tuberculata var. malayana Issel, 1874 accepted as Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Melania tuberculata var. plicifera Mousson, 1849 accepted as Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Melania tuberculata var. seminuda E. von Martens, 1897 accepted as Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, suspected synonym)
- Variety Melania tuberculata var. victoriae Dautzenberg, 1908 accepted as Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: preoccupied by Melania victoriae Dohrn, 1865)
recent + fossil
(of Nerita tuberculata O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. vol 2. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Mölleriana. I-XXXVI, 1-214 pp, 10 unnumbered pages. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715
page(s): 191 [details]
page(s): 191 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melania tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1060095 on 2025-05-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nerita tuberculata O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. vol 2. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Mölleriana. I-XXXVI, 1-214 pp, 10 unnumbered pages. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715
page(s): 191 [details]
basis of record Smith, E. A. (1881). On a collection of shells from Lakes Tanganyika and Nyassa and other localities in East Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1881: 276-300., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759431
page(s): 291 [details]
page(s): 191 [details]
basis of record Smith, E. A. (1881). On a collection of shells from Lakes Tanganyika and Nyassa and other localities in East Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1881: 276-300., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759431
page(s): 291 [details]
Other
additional source
Issel, A. (1865). Catalogo dei molluschi raccolti dalla missione italiana in Persia aggiuntavi la descrizione delle specie nuove o poco note. Stamperia Reale, Torino, 55 pp, pls 1-3., available online at http://www.internetculturale.it/it/16/search/viewresource?id=oai:www.sba.unifi.it:12:IC0003:RMR0024873&case=&instanceName=mag&descSource=Biblioteca%20digitale&descSourceLevel2=SBA%20-%20Firenze
page(s): 14-15 [details]
additional source Schepman, M. M. (1880). Mollusca. <em>Midden-Sumatra. Reizen en onderzoekingen der Sumatra-expeditie, uitgerust door het Aardrijkskundig genootschap, 1877-1879, beschreven door de leden der expeditie, onder toezicht van Prof. P.J. Veth.</em> 4(1): 1-18, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32933146
page(s): 16-17, pl. 3, fig. 11 [details]
additional source Nazneen, S. & Begum, F. (1988). Hydrological studies of Lyari River. <em>Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research.</em> 31(1): 26-29.
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 14-15 [details]
additional source Schepman, M. M. (1880). Mollusca. <em>Midden-Sumatra. Reizen en onderzoekingen der Sumatra-expeditie, uitgerust door het Aardrijkskundig genootschap, 1877-1879, beschreven door de leden der expeditie, onder toezicht van Prof. P.J. Veth.</em> 4(1): 1-18, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32933146
page(s): 16-17, pl. 3, fig. 11 [details]
additional source Nazneen, S. & Begum, F. (1988). Hydrological studies of Lyari River. <em>Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research.</em> 31(1): 26-29.
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
