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Melania acuta I. Lea, 1831
1249200 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1249200)
unaccepted > superseded combination (invalid: junior homonym of Melania acuta Perry, 1811)
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
Lea, I. (1831). Observations on the naïades, and descriptions of new species of that and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 4: 63-121, plates 3-18., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24786630
page(s): 101, pl. 15, fig. 32 [details]
page(s): 101, pl. 15, fig. 32 [details]
Type locality contained in Tennessee
type locality contained in Tennessee [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melania acuta I. Lea, 1831. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1249200 on 2025-09-11
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Lea, I. (1831). Observations on the naïades, and descriptions of new species of that and other families. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 4: 63-121, plates 3-18., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24786630
page(s): 101, pl. 15, fig. 32 [details]
basis of record Graf, D. L. (2001). The cleansing of the Augean Stables, or a lexicon of the nominal species of the Pleuroceridae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) of recent North America, North Mexico. <em>Walkerana.</em> 11 (27): 1-124. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 101, pl. 15, fig. 32 [details]
basis of record Graf, D. L. (2001). The cleansing of the Augean Stables, or a lexicon of the nominal species of the Pleuroceridae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) of recent North America, North Mexico. <em>Walkerana.</em> 11 (27): 1-124. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
