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Velletia J. E. Gray, 1840
1261461 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1261461)
unaccepted (junior objective synonym)
Genus
Patella lacustris Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Acroloxus lacustris (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
- Subgenus Velletia (Ancylus) O. F. Müller, 1773 accepted as Ancylus O. F. Müller, 1773 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Velletia (Ancylus) minuta Meek & Hayden, 1856 † accepted as Acroloxus minutus (Meek & Hayden, 1856) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Velletia excentrica (Morelet, 1851) accepted as Hebetancylus excentricus (Morelet, 1851) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Velletia lingulata F. Sandberger, 1880 † accepted as Acroloxus lingulata (F. Sandberger, 1880) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Velletia is a junior synonym of Acroloxus)
- Species Velletia fuhrmanni Piaget, 1914 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
recent + fossil
feminine
Gray, J. E. (1840). A manual of the land and fresh-water shells of the British Islands, with figures of each of the kinds. By William Turton, M.D. A new edition, thoroughly revised and much enlarged. ix pp. + 1 p. errata + 324 pp., pls 1-12. London (Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans). [March-June 1840]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18243759
page(s): 230, 250 [details]
page(s): 230, 250 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Velletia Gray in Turton, 1840. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1261461 on 2025-09-12
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Gray, J. E. (1840). A manual of the land and fresh-water shells of the British Islands, with figures of each of the kinds. By William Turton, M.D. A new edition, thoroughly revised and much enlarged. ix pp. + 1 p. errata + 324 pp., pls 1-12. London (Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans). [March-June 1840]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18243759
page(s): 230, 250 [details]
page(s): 230, 250 [details]