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Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) Matsuoka, 1985
1150715 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1150715)
unaccepted
Subgenus
Melania niponica var. decipiens Westerlund, 1883 accepted as Semisulcospira decipiens (Westerlund, 1883) (type by original designation)
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) arenicola N. Watanabe & Nishino, 1995 accepted as Semisulcospira arenicola N. Watanabe & Nishino, 1995
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) decipiens (Westerlund, 1883) accepted as Semisulcospira decipiens (Westerlund, 1883)
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) dilatata N. Watanabe & Nishino, 1995 accepted as Semisulcospira decipiens (Westerlund, 1883) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) fluvialis N. Watanabe & Nishino, 1995 accepted as Semisulcospira nakasekoae (Kuroda, 1929) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) fuscata N. Watanabe & Nishino, 1995 accepted as Semisulcospira fuscata N. Watanabe & Nishino, 1995 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) habei G. M. Davis, 1969 accepted as Semisulcospira habei G. M. Davis, 1969
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) multigranosa (O. Boettger, 1886) accepted as Semisulcospira multigranosa (O. Boettger, 1886)
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) niponica (E. A. Smith, 1876) accepted as Semisulcospira niponica (E. A. Smith, 1876)
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) shiraishiensis N. Watanabe & Nishino, 1995 accepted as Semisulcospira shiraishiensis N. Watanabe & Nishino, 1995
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) takeshimensis N. Watanabe & Nishino, 1995 accepted as Semisulcospira takeshimensis N. Watanabe & Nishino, 1995
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) gamoensis Matsuoka & O. Miura, 2019 † represented as Semisulcospira gamoensis Matsuoka & O. Miura, 2019 †
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) kokubuensis Matsuoka & O. Miura, 2018 † represented as Semisulcospira kokubuensis Matsuoka & O. Miura, 2018 †
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) morii N. C. Watanabe, 1984 represented as Semisulcospira morii N. C. Watanabe, 1984
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) nakamurai Matsuoka & O. Miura, 2018 † represented as Semisulcospira nakamurai Matsuoka & O. Miura, 2018 †
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) nakasekoae (Kuroda, 1929) represented as Semisulcospira nakasekoae (Kuroda, 1929)
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) nishimurai Sawada, 2024 represented as Semisulcospira nishimurai Sawada, 2024
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) nojirina Matsuoka & O. Miura, 2019 † represented as Semisulcospira nojirina Matsuoka & O. Miura, 2019 †
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) ourense N. Watanabe & Nishino, 1995 represented as Semisulcospira ourensis N. Watanabe & Nishino, 1995
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) praemultigranosa Matsuoka, 1985 † represented as Semisulcospira praemultigranosa Matsuoka, 1985 †
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) pseudomultigranosa Matsuoka & O. Miura, 2018 † represented as Semisulcospira pseudomultigranosa Matsuoka & O. Miura, 2018 †
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) pusilla Matsuoka & O. Miura, 2018 † represented as Semisulcospira pusilla Matsuoka & O. Miura, 2018 †
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) reticulata Kajiyama & T. Habe, 1961 represented as Semisulcospira reticulata Kajiyama & T. Habe, 1961
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) reticulataformis Matsuoka & O. Miura, 2019 † represented as Semisulcospira reticulataformis Matsuoka & O. Miura, 2019 †
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) rugosa N. Watanabe & Nishino, 1995 represented as Semisulcospira rugosa N. Watanabe & Nishino, 1995
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) spinulifera Matsuoka & O. Miura, 2018 † represented as Semisulcospira spinulifera Matsuoka & O. Miura, 2018 †
- Species Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) tagaensis Matsuoka & O. Miura, 2019 † represented as Semisulcospira tagaensis Matsuoka & O. Miura, 2019 †
recent + fossil
Matsuoka, K. (1985). Pliocene freshwater gastropods from the Iga Formation of the Kobiwako Group, Mie Prefecture, Central Japan. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, new series.</em> 139: 180-195., available online at http://www.palaeo-soc-japan.jp/download/TPPSJ/TPPSJ_NS139.pdf
page(s): 189-190 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 189-190 [details] Available for editors

Nomenclature The name Biwamelania is not available (no diagnosis) from Matsuoka & Nakamura (1981, Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil...
Nomenclature The name Biwamelania is not available (no diagnosis) from Matsuoka & Nakamura (1981, Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, 8: 107, 113). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) Matsuoka, 1985. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1150715 on 2025-09-10
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Matsuoka, K. (1985). Pliocene freshwater gastropods from the Iga Formation of the Kobiwako Group, Mie Prefecture, Central Japan. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, new series.</em> 139: 180-195., available online at http://www.palaeo-soc-japan.jp/download/TPPSJ/TPPSJ_NS139.pdf
page(s): 189-190 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Köhler, F. (2017). Against the odds of unusual mtDNA inheritance, introgressive hybridisation and phenotypic plasticity: systematic revision of Korean freshwater gastropods (Semisulcospiridae, Cerithioidea). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 31: 249-268., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/IS16077 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 189-190 [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Köhler, F. (2017). Against the odds of unusual mtDNA inheritance, introgressive hybridisation and phenotypic plasticity: systematic revision of Korean freshwater gastropods (Semisulcospiridae, Cerithioidea). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 31: 249-268., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/IS16077 [details] Available for editors

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Nomenclature The name Biwamelania is not available (no diagnosis) from Matsuoka & Nakamura (1981, Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, 8: 107, 113). [details]