MolluscaBase taxon details
Thiara aspera (R. P. Lesson, 1831)
1356802 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1356802)
accepted
Species
Melania (Tiaropsis) rudis I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851 · unaccepted
Melania (Tiaropsis) rudis var. spinosa Brot, 1877 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Melania spinosa Hanley, 1854
Melania armillata I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851 · unaccepted (tentative synonym)
Melania aspera R. P. Lesson, 1831 · unaccepted (original combination)
Melania broti Reeve, 1860 · unaccepted (tentative synonym)
Melania chocolatum Brot, 1860 · unaccepted (tentative synonym)
Melania cylindrica Mousson, 1849 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania fortitudinis Fulton, 1904 · unaccepted
Melania hybrida Reeve, 1860 · unaccepted (tentative synonym based on...)
tentative synonym based on teratological specimen
Melania microstoma I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851 · unaccepted
Melania rudis I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851 · unaccepted
Melania rudis var. cylindrica Mousson, 1849 · unaccepted
(of Melania aspera R. P. Lesson, 1831) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): 357 [details]
page(s): 357 [details]
Type locality contained in West Papua
type locality contained in West Papua [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
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original description
(of Melania rudis I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) Lea, I.; Lea, H. C. (1851). Description of a new genus of the family Melaniana, and of many new species of the genus <i>Melania</i>, chiefly collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., during his zoological voyage in the East , and now first described. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 18: 179-197 [28 February 1851, teste Duncan (1937:81)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12858889
page(s): 186 [details]
original description (of Melania microstoma I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) Lea, I.; Lea, H. C. (1851). Description of a new genus of the family Melaniana, and of many new species of the genus <i>Melania</i>, chiefly collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., during his zoological voyage in the East , and now first described. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 18: 179-197 [28 February 1851, teste Duncan (1937:81)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12858889
page(s): 186 [details]
original description (of Melania armillata I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) Lea, I.; Lea, H. C. (1851). Description of a new genus of the family Melaniana, and of many new species of the genus <i>Melania</i>, chiefly collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., during his zoological voyage in the East , and now first described. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 18: 179-197 [28 February 1851, teste Duncan (1937:81)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12858889
page(s): 195 [details]
original description (of Melania aspera R. P. Lesson, 1831) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): 357 [details]
original description (of Melania broti Reeve, 1860) 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
page(s): pl. 22, species no. 160 [details]
original description (of Melania hybrida Reeve, 1860) 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
page(s): pl. 23, species no. 163 [details]
original description (of Melania chocolatum Brot, 1860) Brot, A. (1860). Description de nouvelles espèces de Mélanies. <em>Revue et Magazin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée.</em> ser. 2, 12: 254-267, pls 16–17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2264611
page(s): 256, pl. 16 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Melania (Tiaropsis) rudis var. spinosa Brot, 1877) Brot, A. (1874-1879). Die Melaniaceen (Melanidae) in Abbildungen der Natur mit Beschreibungen. <em>In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz.</em> Ersten Bandes, vierundzwanzigste Abtheilung. (1) 24 (229): 1-32, pls. 1-6 (1874); (1) 24 (235): 33-80, pls. 7-12 (1875); (1) 24 (244): 81-128, pls. 13-18 (1875); (1) 24 (249): 129-192, pls. 19-24 (1876); (1) 24 (259): 193-272, pls. 25-30 (1877); (1) 24 (264): 273-352, pls. 31-36 (1877); (1) 24 (271): 353-400, pls. 37-42 (1878); (1) 24 (280): 401-456, pls. 43-48 (1879); (1) 24 (283): 457-488, pl. 49 (1879). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52389932
page(s): 306 [details]
original description (of Melania fortitudinis Fulton, 1904) Fulton, H. (1904). On some species of <i>Melania</i> and <i>Jullienia</i> from Yunnan and Java. <em>The Journal of Malacology.</em> 11: 51–52, pl. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16099605
page(s): 51, pl. 4 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Melania cylindrica Mousson, 1849) Mousson, A. (1849). Über die Land- und Süsswassermollusken von Java. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich.</em> 1(3): 264-273 ["1848"]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10637080
page(s): 269 [details]
basis of record Boonmekam, D.; Krailas, D.; Gimnich, F.; Neiber, M. T.; Glaubrecht, M. (2019). A glimpse in the dark? A first phylogenetic approach in a widespread freshwater snail from tropical Asia and northern Australia (Cerithioidea, Thiaridae). <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 95(2): 373-390., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.95.34486
page(s): 382, figs 1, 6, 7 [details]
page(s): 186 [details]
original description (of Melania microstoma I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) Lea, I.; Lea, H. C. (1851). Description of a new genus of the family Melaniana, and of many new species of the genus <i>Melania</i>, chiefly collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., during his zoological voyage in the East , and now first described. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 18: 179-197 [28 February 1851, teste Duncan (1937:81)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12858889
page(s): 186 [details]
original description (of Melania armillata I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) Lea, I.; Lea, H. C. (1851). Description of a new genus of the family Melaniana, and of many new species of the genus <i>Melania</i>, chiefly collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., during his zoological voyage in the East , and now first described. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 18: 179-197 [28 February 1851, teste Duncan (1937:81)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12858889
page(s): 195 [details]
original description (of Melania aspera R. P. Lesson, 1831) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): 357 [details]
original description (of Melania broti Reeve, 1860) 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
page(s): pl. 22, species no. 160 [details]
original description (of Melania hybrida Reeve, 1860) 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
page(s): pl. 23, species no. 163 [details]
original description (of Melania chocolatum Brot, 1860) Brot, A. (1860). Description de nouvelles espèces de Mélanies. <em>Revue et Magazin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée.</em> ser. 2, 12: 254-267, pls 16–17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2264611
page(s): 256, pl. 16 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Melania (Tiaropsis) rudis var. spinosa Brot, 1877) Brot, A. (1874-1879). Die Melaniaceen (Melanidae) in Abbildungen der Natur mit Beschreibungen. <em>In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz.</em> Ersten Bandes, vierundzwanzigste Abtheilung. (1) 24 (229): 1-32, pls. 1-6 (1874); (1) 24 (235): 33-80, pls. 7-12 (1875); (1) 24 (244): 81-128, pls. 13-18 (1875); (1) 24 (249): 129-192, pls. 19-24 (1876); (1) 24 (259): 193-272, pls. 25-30 (1877); (1) 24 (264): 273-352, pls. 31-36 (1877); (1) 24 (271): 353-400, pls. 37-42 (1878); (1) 24 (280): 401-456, pls. 43-48 (1879); (1) 24 (283): 457-488, pl. 49 (1879). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52389932
page(s): 306 [details]
original description (of Melania fortitudinis Fulton, 1904) Fulton, H. (1904). On some species of <i>Melania</i> and <i>Jullienia</i> from Yunnan and Java. <em>The Journal of Malacology.</em> 11: 51–52, pl. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16099605
page(s): 51, pl. 4 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Melania cylindrica Mousson, 1849) Mousson, A. (1849). Über die Land- und Süsswassermollusken von Java. <em>Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich.</em> 1(3): 264-273 ["1848"]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10637080
page(s): 269 [details]
basis of record Boonmekam, D.; Krailas, D.; Gimnich, F.; Neiber, M. T.; Glaubrecht, M. (2019). A glimpse in the dark? A first phylogenetic approach in a widespread freshwater snail from tropical Asia and northern Australia (Cerithioidea, Thiaridae). <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 95(2): 373-390., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.95.34486
page(s): 382, figs 1, 6, 7 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
