MolluscaBase - Melania lentiginosa var. nymphula Westerlund, 1883

MolluscaBase name details

Melania lentiginosa var. nymphula Westerlund, 1883

AphiaID

1460302 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1460302)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Rank

Variety

Parent

Melania lentiginosa Reeve, 1860 accepted as Caledomelanella frustulum (Morelet, 1857)

Original name

Melania lentiginosa var. nymphula Westerlund, 1883

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Westerlund, C. A. (1883). Von der Vega-Expedition in Asien gesammelte Binnenmollusken. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 15 (3/4): 48-59. Frankfurt am Main [March/April]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31121693
page(s): 58 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Ceylon

type locality contained in Ceylon [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melania lentiginosa var. nymphula Westerlund, 1883. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1460302 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-09-25 05:37:12Z

created

Köhler, Frank

2022-09-08 17:02:51Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Documented distribution (1)

original description Westerlund, C. A. (1883). Von der Vega-Expedition in Asien gesammelte Binnenmollusken. <em>Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 15 (3/4): 48-59. Frankfurt am Main [March/April]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31121693
page(s): 58 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality