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Melania bicarinata Etheridge, 1879 †
1064628 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1064628)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
fossil only
Etheridge, R. (1879). Notes on the Mollusca collected by C. Barrington Brown, Esq., A.R.S.M., from the Tertiary Deposits of Solimões and Javary Rivers, Brazil. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society.</em> 35: 82-88., available online at https://archive.org/stream/quarterlyjourna351879geol#page/82/mode/2up
page(s): 88, pl. 7, fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 88, pl. 7, fig. 7 [details]
Note Canama, at the Javary river, Peru
From editor or global species database
Type locality Canama, at the Javary river, Peru [details]
Homonymy Invalid: junior homonym of Melania bicarinata Grateloup, 1840
Homonymy Invalid: junior homonym of Melania bicarinata Grateloup, 1840 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melania bicarinata Etheridge, 1879 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1064628 on 2025-09-11
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Etheridge, R. (1879). Notes on the Mollusca collected by C. Barrington Brown, Esq., A.R.S.M., from the Tertiary Deposits of Solimões and Javary Rivers, Brazil. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society.</em> 35: 82-88., available online at https://archive.org/stream/quarterlyjourna351879geol#page/82/mode/2up
page(s): 88, pl. 7, fig. 7 [details]
new combination reference Wesselingh, F.P. (2006). Molluscs from the Miocene Pebas Formation of Peruvian and Colombian Amazonia. <em>Scripta Geologica.</em> 133: 19-290., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/41346
page(s): 93-95, figs 101-104 [details]
page(s): 88, pl. 7, fig. 7 [details]
new combination reference Wesselingh, F.P. (2006). Molluscs from the Miocene Pebas Formation of Peruvian and Colombian Amazonia. <em>Scripta Geologica.</em> 133: 19-290., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/41346
page(s): 93-95, figs 101-104 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
