MolluscaBase - Melania (Melanoides) herculea A. Gould, 1846

MolluscaBase name details

Melania (Melanoides) herculea A. Gould, 1846

AphiaID

1539374 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1539374)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Brotia herculea (A. Gould, 1846)

Rank

Species

Parent

Melania (Melanoides) Olivier, 1804 accepted as Melanoides Olivier, 1804

Original name

Melania herculea A. Gould, 1846

Environment

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

Original description

(of Melania herculea A. Gould, 1846) Gould, A. A. (1846). On new shells from Tavoy, in Burmah. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 98-100., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490782
page(s): 100. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melania (Melanoides) herculea A. Gould, 1846. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1539374 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-09-06 17:12:43Z

created

Auffenberg, Kurt

2025-07-21 16:02:28Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description (of Melania herculea A. Gould, 1846) Gould, A. A. (1846). On new shells from Tavoy, in Burmah. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 98-100., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490782
page(s): 100. [details]

basis of record Tapparone Canefri, C. (1889). Viaggio de Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. XVIII. Molluschi terrestri e d'acqua dolce. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 27 [= ser. 2, 7]: 295-359, pls 7-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35995965
page(s): 301-302 [details]