MolluscaBase - Melania pinguicula E. von Martens, 1897

MolluscaBase name details

Melania pinguicula E. von Martens, 1897

AphiaID

1555111 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1555111)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Buccinum scabrum O. F. Müller, 1774 accepted as Mieniplotia scabra (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Rank

Species

Parent

Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798

Original name

Melania pinguicula E. von Martens, 1897

Environment

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

Original description

Martens, E. von. (1897). Süss- und Brackwasser-Mollusken des Indischen Archipels. Zoologische Ergebnisse Einer Reise in Niederländisch Ost-Indien 4: 1-331, pls 1-12. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36298713
page(s): 74, pl. 4, figs 17-20 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Sumatra

type locality contained in Sumatra [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melania pinguicula E. von Martens, 1897. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1555111 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-12-30 01:00:47Z

created

Köhler, Frank

2022-12-18 00:16:54Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Documented distribution (1)

original description Martens, E. von. (1897). Süss- und Brackwasser-Mollusken des Indischen Archipels. Zoologische Ergebnisse Einer Reise in Niederländisch Ost-Indien 4: 1-331, pls 1-12. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36298713
page(s): 74, pl. 4, figs 17-20 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality