MolluscaBase - Melania tourannensis var. compacta G. Nevill, 1885

MolluscaBase name details

Melania tourannensis var. compacta G. Nevill, 1885

AphiaID

1067230 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1067230)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Melania compacta Anthony, 1854)

Accepted Name

Brotia herculea (A. Gould, 1846)

Rank

Variety

Parent

Melania tourannensis Souleyet, 1852 accepted as Sulcospira tourannensis (Souleyet, 1852)

Original name

Melania (Melanoides) tourannensis var. compacta G. Nevill, 1885

Environment

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

Original description

(of Melania (Melanoides) tourannensis var. compacta 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): 250-251 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania tourannensis var. compacta G. Nevill, 1885. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1067230 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-03-09 08:58:20Z

created

Köhler, Frank

2021-01-09 15:50:45Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description (of Melania (Melanoides) tourannensis var. compacta 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): 250-251 [details]