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Melania acicula Matheron, 1843 †

1262763  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1262763)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Caenogastropoda incertae sedis (Order)
  7. Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
  8. Thiaridae (Family)
  9. Melania (Genus)
  10. Melania acicula † (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination (invalid; not Philippi, 1836)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Matheron, P. (1843). Catalogue méthodique et descriptif des corps organisés fossiles du départment des Bouches-du-Rhône et lieux circonvoisins. <em>Répertoire des travaux de la Société de statistique de Marseille.</em> 6: 81-341., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5719359d/f81.image
page(s): 291, pl. 36, fig. 5 [details] OpenAccess publication
Note Peynier and Trets, Bouches-du-Rhône, France;...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Peynier and Trets, Bouches-du-Rhône, France; late Santonian to early Campanian, late Cretaceous [details]
Homonymy Invalid: junior homonym of Melania acicula Philippi, 1836  
Homonymy Invalid: junior homonym of Melania acicula Philippi, 1836 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melania acicula Matheron, 1843 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1262763 on 2025-09-11
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2018-07-02 12:43:57Z
created
Neubauer, Thomas A.
2018-07-09 20:58:41Z
changed
Neubauer, Thomas A.
2022-11-15 07:07:38Z
changed
Neubauer, Thomas A.
2023-03-02 06:25:55Z
changed
Köhler, Frank

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original description Matheron, P. (1843). Catalogue méthodique et descriptif des corps organisés fossiles du départment des Bouches-du-Rhône et lieux circonvoisins. <em>Répertoire des travaux de la Société de statistique de Marseille.</em> 6: 81-341., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5719359d/f81.image
page(s): 291, pl. 36, fig. 5 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Grammatical gender Fabre-Taxy (1951) treated Hadraxon as feminine, but Oppenheim (1892) had clearly indicated it as masculine. [details]

Homonymy Invalid: junior homonym of Melania acicula Philippi, 1836 [details]

Type locality Peynier and Trets, Bouches-du-Rhône, France; late Santonian to early Campanian, late Cretaceous [details]
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