MolluscaBase name details
Melania newcombii I. Lea, 1857
1245235 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1245235)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
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]
page(s): 145 [details]
Type locality contained in Hawaiian Islands
type locality contained in Hawaiian Islands [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melania newcombii I. Lea, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1245235 on 2025-05-19
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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 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): 6 [details]
source of synonymy 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): 145 [details]
additional source 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): 6 [details]
source of synonymy 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
