MolluscaBase name details
Melania mutans A. Gould, 1843
1475612 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1475612)
unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
Gould, A.A. (1843). Descriptions of eight new shells received from Drs Savage and Perkins from Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 157–159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490585
page(s): 159. [details]
page(s): 159. [details]
Type locality contained in Liberia
type locality contained in Liberia [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melania mutans A. Gould, 1843. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1475612 on 2025-09-12
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original description
Gould, A.A. (1843). Descriptions of eight new shells received from Drs Savage and Perkins from Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 157–159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490585
page(s): 159. [details]
source of synonymy Pilsbry, H. A. & Bequaert, J. C. (1927). The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo: with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 53: 69-602., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/975
page(s): 268. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 159. [details]
source of synonymy Pilsbry, H. A. & Bequaert, J. C. (1927). The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo: with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 53: 69-602., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/975
page(s): 268. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
