MolluscaBase name details
Melania aequa I. Lea, 1861
1249204 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1249204)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
Lea, I. (1861). Descriptions of forty-nine new species of the genus <i>Melania</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 13: 117-123 [after 28 May 1861; before 30 September 1861]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26312823
page(s): 122 [details]
page(s): 122 [details]
Type locality contained in Alabama
type locality contained in Alabama [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melania aequa I. Lea, 1861. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1249204 on 2025-09-12
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original description
Lea, I. (1861). Descriptions of forty-nine new species of the genus <i>Melania</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 13: 117-123 [after 28 May 1861; before 30 September 1861]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26312823
page(s): 122 [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.
page(s): 7 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Lea I. (1863). New Melanidae of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> (2) 5(3): 217-356, plates 34-39 [March 1863]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35217921
page(s): 240, pl. 34 fig. 41 [details]
source of synonymy Burch, J. B. & Tottenham, J. L. (1980). North American freshwater snails. Species list, ranges and illustrations. <em>Walkerana.</em> 1(3): 81-215 [30 June 1980]., available online at https://molluskconservation.org/PUBLICATIONS/WALKERANA/Vol1/walkerana%20vol1%20no3%2081-216.PDF
page(s): 138 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 122 [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.
page(s): 7 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lea I. (1863). New Melanidae of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> (2) 5(3): 217-356, plates 34-39 [March 1863]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35217921
page(s): 240, pl. 34 fig. 41 [details]
source of synonymy Burch, J. B. & Tottenham, J. L. (1980). North American freshwater snails. Species list, ranges and illustrations. <em>Walkerana.</em> 1(3): 81-215 [30 June 1980]., available online at https://molluskconservation.org/PUBLICATIONS/WALKERANA/Vol1/walkerana%20vol1%20no3%2081-216.PDF
page(s): 138 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
