MolluscaBase name details
Melania laevigata I. Lea, 1841
1249362 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1249362)
unaccepted (invalid: junior secondary homonym of Melanopsis laevigata Lamarck, 1816; M. laevis Lea, 1843 is a replacement name, but itself preoccupied)
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
Lea, I. (1841). On fresh water and land shells (continuation) [description of fifty-seven new species of <i>Melania</i>]. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 2(16): 11-15 [assumed publication date in March 1841 teste Scudder (1885: 27)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521473
page(s): 11 [details]
Bieler, R. (2021). Isaac Lea's (1792-1886) substitutions and other modifications of his own names of molluscan species. <em>Malacologia.</em> 64(1): 1-56.
page(s): 25 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 11 [details]
Bieler, R. (2021). Isaac Lea's (1792-1886) substitutions and other modifications of his own names of molluscan species. <em>Malacologia.</em> 64(1): 1-56.
page(s): 25 [details] Available for editors

Homonymy Melanopsis laevigata was placed in Melania by Lamarck (1822: 164)
Homonymy Melanopsis laevigata was placed in Melania by Lamarck (1822: 164) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania laevigata I. Lea, 1841. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1249362 on 2025-09-12
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Lea, I. (1841). On fresh water and land shells (continuation) [description of fifty-seven new species of <i>Melania</i>]. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 2(16): 11-15 [assumed publication date in March 1841 teste Scudder (1885: 27)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521473
page(s): 11 [details]
original description Bieler, R. (2021). Isaac Lea's (1792-1886) substitutions and other modifications of his own names of molluscan species. <em>Malacologia.</em> 64(1): 1-56.
page(s): 25 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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
[request]
page(s): 11 [details]
original description Bieler, R. (2021). Isaac Lea's (1792-1886) substitutions and other modifications of his own names of molluscan species. <em>Malacologia.</em> 64(1): 1-56.
page(s): 25 [details] Available for editors

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

From editor or global species database
Homonymy Melanopsis laevigata was placed in Melania by Lamarck (1822: 164) [details]