MolluscaBase - Melanoides sphecodes (Fontannes, 1884) †

MolluscaBase taxon details

Melanoides sphecodes (Fontannes, 1884) †

AphiaID

1261422 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1261422)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Melanoides Olivier, 1804

Original name

Melania sphecodes Fontannes, 1884 †

Synonymised names

Melania sphecodes Fontannes, 1884 † · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Melania sphecodes Fontannes, 1884 †) Fontannes, F. (1884). Description sommaire de la faune malacologique des formations saumâtres et d'eau douce du groupe d'Aix (Bartonien-Aquitanien) dans le Bas-Languedoc, la Provence et le Dauphiné. Georg, F. Savy, Lyon, Paris., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55007367
page(s): 25-26, pl. 1, figs 61-63 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in France

type locality contained in France [from synonym] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanoides sphecodes (Fontannes, 1884) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1261422 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-06-25 15:24:31Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2018-07-09 20:58:41Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (3)

original description (of Melania sphecodes Fontannes, 1884 †) Fontannes, F. (1884). Description sommaire de la faune malacologique des formations saumâtres et d'eau douce du groupe d'Aix (Bartonien-Aquitanien) dans le Bas-Languedoc, la Provence et le Dauphiné. Georg, F. Savy, Lyon, Paris., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55007367
page(s): 25-26, pl. 1, figs 61-63 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality