MolluscaBase taxon details
Thiara indefinita (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)
1245229 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1245229)
accepted
Species
Melania contigua Pease, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania indefinita I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Melania newcombii I. Lea, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania oahuensis Brot, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Thiara contigua (Pease, 1870) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Thiara newcombii (I. Lea, 1857) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Thiara oahuensis (Brot, 1872) · unaccepted > superseded combination
(of Melania indefinita I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) Lea, I.; Lea, H. C. (1851). Description of a new genus of the family Melaniana, and of many new species of the genus <i>Melania</i>, chiefly collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., during his zoological voyage in the East , and now first described. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 18: 179-197 [28 February 1851, teste Duncan (1937:81)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12858889
page(s): 187-188 [details]
page(s): 187-188 [details]
Type locality contained in Luzon
type locality contained in Luzon [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Thiara indefinita (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1245229 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Melania indefinita I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) Lea, I.; Lea, H. C. (1851). Description of a new genus of the family Melaniana, and of many new species of the genus <i>Melania</i>, chiefly collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., during his zoological voyage in the East , and now first described. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 18: 179-197 [28 February 1851, teste Duncan (1937:81)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12858889
page(s): 187-188 [details]
original description (of Melania contigua Pease, 1870) Pease, W. H. (1870). Remarks on the species of <i>Melania</i> and <i>Limnaea</i> inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of new species. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 6(1): 4-7, pl. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6992038#page/20/
page(s): 7 [details]
original description (of Melania newcombii I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Description of fifteen new species of exotic Melaniana. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8(4): 144-145 [dated as 1856 by Scudder (1885: 71) but earliest acknowledged receipt documented by Fox (1913: xi) was 25 April 1857]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935199
page(s): 145 [details]
additional source Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). <i>Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands</i>. vi + 248 pp. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.
page(s): 26. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 187-188 [details]
original description (of Melania contigua Pease, 1870) Pease, W. H. (1870). Remarks on the species of <i>Melania</i> and <i>Limnaea</i> inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of new species. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 6(1): 4-7, pl. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6992038#page/20/
page(s): 7 [details]
original description (of Melania newcombii I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Description of fifteen new species of exotic Melaniana. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8(4): 144-145 [dated as 1856 by Scudder (1885: 71) but earliest acknowledged receipt documented by Fox (1913: xi) was 25 April 1857]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935199
page(s): 145 [details]
additional source Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). <i>Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands</i>. vi + 248 pp. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.
page(s): 26. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Melania newcombi. Lea, 1856. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8: 145 - catalog no. 122718) (from synonym Melania newcombii I. Lea, 1857)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Melania newcombii Lea, 1856 Holotype USNM 119620) (from synonym Melania newcombii I. Lea, 1857)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Melania newcombii Lea, 1856 Holotype USNM 119620) (from synonym Melania newcombii I. Lea, 1857)
