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Melania nicolayana Hartt, 1870 †
1442006 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1442006)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
fossil only
Hartt, C.F. (1870). Thayer Expedition. Scientific results of a journey in Brazil by Louis Agassiz and his traveling companions. Geology and physical geography of Brazil. Fields, Osgood, & Co., Boston, 620 pp., available online at https://archive.org/stream/cihm_03016#page/n7/mode/2up
page(s): 350 [details]
page(s): 350 [details]
Note Monserrate, Bahia, Brazil; Bahia Group...
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Type locality Monserrate, Bahia, Brazil; Bahia Group (perhaps Ilhas Formation), early Cretaceous [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania nicolayana Hartt, 1870 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1442006 on 2025-09-11
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Hartt, C.F. (1870). Thayer Expedition. Scientific results of a journey in Brazil by Louis Agassiz and his traveling companions. Geology and physical geography of Brazil. Fields, Osgood, & Co., Boston, 620 pp., available online at https://archive.org/stream/cihm_03016#page/n7/mode/2up
page(s): 350 [details]
page(s): 350 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Synonymy Considered a synonym of Pachychilus terebriformis Morris, 1859, described from the same locality, by Parodiz (1969) but listed as valid species by Simone & Mezzalira (1994). [details]Type locality Monserrate, Bahia, Brazil; Bahia Group (perhaps Ilhas Formation), early Cretaceous [details]
