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Melania elegans Reeve, 1860
1304328 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1304328)
unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Melania elegans Benson, 1836)
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
Reeve, L. A. (1859-1861). Monograph of the genus <i>Melania</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 12, pls 1-59 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1861; pls 2-9, November 1859; pls 10-17, December 1859; pls 18-25, 28-29, January 1860; pls 26-27, 30, February 1860; pls 31-33, May 1860; pls 34-45, September 1860; pls 46-47, November 1860; pls 48-49, December 1860, pls 50-51, March 1861; pls 52-53, April 1861; pls 54-59, May 1861]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11125701 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania elegans Reeve, 1860. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1304328 on 2025-09-10
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Reeve, L. A. (1859-1861). Monograph of the genus <i>Melania</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 12, pls 1-59 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1861; pls 2-9, November 1859; pls 10-17, December 1859; pls 18-25, 28-29, January 1860; pls 26-27, 30, February 1860; pls 31-33, May 1860; pls 34-45, September 1860; pls 46-47, November 1860; pls 48-49, December 1860, pls 50-51, March 1861; pls 52-53, April 1861; pls 54-59, May 1861]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11125701 [details]
source of synonymy Starmühlner, F. (1984). Results of the Austrian-Indian Hydrobiological Mission 1976 to the Andaman-Islands: Part IV: The freshwater gastropods of the Andaman-Islands. <em>Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie B.</em> 86: 145-204., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ANNA_86B_0145-0204.pdf [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Starmühlner, F. (1984). Results of the Austrian-Indian Hydrobiological Mission 1976 to the Andaman-Islands: Part IV: The freshwater gastropods of the Andaman-Islands. <em>Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie B.</em> 86: 145-204., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ANNA_86B_0145-0204.pdf [details] Available for editors
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