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Melania harpaeformis F. C. L. Koch & Dunker, 1837 †
1262783 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1262783)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
fossil only
Koch, F. C. L.; Dunker, W. (1837). Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Norddeutschen Oolithgebildes und dessen Versteinerungen. Mit 7 nach der Natur gezeichneten Tafeln. Oehme und Müller, Braunschweig, pp. 64, 7 pls., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=uqhAAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover
page(s): 57, pl. 6, fig. 15 [details]
page(s): 57, pl. 6, fig. 15 [details]
Note Obernkirchen, Lower Saxony, Germany;...
Type locality Obernkirchen, Lower Saxony, Germany; Bückeberg Formation, late Berriasian to early Valanginian, early Cretaceous [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melania harpaeformis F. C. L. Koch & Dunker, 1837 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1262783 on 2025-09-11
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Koch, F. C. L.; Dunker, W. (1837). Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Norddeutschen Oolithgebildes und dessen Versteinerungen. Mit 7 nach der Natur gezeichneten Tafeln. Oehme und Müller, Braunschweig, pp. 64, 7 pls., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=uqhAAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover
page(s): 57, pl. 6, fig. 15 [details]
page(s): 57, pl. 6, fig. 15 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality Obernkirchen, Lower Saxony, Germany; Bückeberg Formation, late Berriasian to early Valanginian, early Cretaceous [details]
