MolluscaBase - Melania (Acrostoma) Brot, 1871

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Melania (Acrostoma) Brot, 1871

AphiaID

1063622 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1063622)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (name invalid (preoccupied))

Accepted name

Paracrostoma Cossmann, 1900

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798

Original name

Acrostoma Brot, 1871

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Species Melania (Acrostoma) hügeli [sic] accepted as Paracrostoma huegelii (R. A. Philippi, 1843) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Melania (Acrostoma) sindangbaranensis K. Martin, 1906 † accepted as Sulcospira sindangbaranensis (K. Martin, 1906) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Melania (Acrostoma) assamensis G. Nevill, 1885 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Melania (Acrostoma) sadongiensis Brot, 1894 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Acrostoma Brot, 1871) Brot, A. (1871). Catalogue of the Recent species of the family Melanidae. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 6(4): 271-325., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6991814
page(s): 272 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania (Acrostoma) Brot, 1871. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1063622 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-03-07 08:00:14Z

created

Köhler, Frank

2018-03-31 08:48:15Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description (of Acrostoma Brot, 1871) Brot, A. (1871). Catalogue of the Recent species of the family Melanidae. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 6(4): 271-325., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6991814
page(s): 272 [details]