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Melania figurata Hinds, 1844
1305272 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1305272)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
- Variety Melania figurata var. striata Mousson, 1849 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Hinds, R. B. (1844). Descriptions of new species of <em>Melania</em> collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 14 (88): 8-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2331353#page/22/mode/1up
page(s): 8 [details]
page(s): 8 [details]
Type locality contained in Bismarck Archipelago
type locality contained in Bismarck Archipelago [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania figurata Hinds, 1844. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1305272 on 2025-09-11
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Hinds, R. B. (1844). Descriptions of new species of <em>Melania</em> collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 14 (88): 8-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2331353#page/22/mode/1up
page(s): 8 [details]
source of synonymy Starmühlner, F. (1993). Ergebnisse der österreichischen Tonga-Samoa Expeditoin 1985 des Instituts für Zoologie der Universität Wien: Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Süss- und Brackwasser-Gastropoden der Tonga- und Samoa-Inseln (SW-Pazifik). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie B, 94/95: 217-306. Wien.
page(s): 60 [details]
page(s): 8 [details]
source of synonymy Starmühlner, F. (1993). Ergebnisse der österreichischen Tonga-Samoa Expeditoin 1985 des Instituts für Zoologie der Universität Wien: Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Süss- und Brackwasser-Gastropoden der Tonga- und Samoa-Inseln (SW-Pazifik). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie B, 94/95: 217-306. Wien.
page(s): 60 [details]
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