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Ptychomelania brocchii (Michelotti, 1847) †
1610488 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1610488)
accepted
Species
Amphimelania brocchii (Michelotti, 1847) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Melania (Ptychomelania) buccinella Sacco, 1895 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Melania brocchii Michelotti, 1847 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Melania buccinella Sacco, 1895 † · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Ptychomelania buccinella Sacco, 1895 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
fossil only
(of Melania brocchii Michelotti, 1847 †) Michelotti, G. (1847). Description des fossiles des terrains miocènes de l'Italie septentrionale. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> ser. 2, 3(2): 1-408, 17 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2608445
page(s): 189 [details]
page(s): 189 [details]
Type locality contained in Italy
type locality contained in Italy [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ptychomelania brocchii (Michelotti, 1847) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1610488 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Melania brocchii Michelotti, 1847 †) Michelotti, G. (1847). Description des fossiles des terrains miocènes de l'Italie septentrionale. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem.</em> ser. 2, 3(2): 1-408, 17 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2608445
page(s): 189 [details]
original description (of Melania (Ptychomelania) buccinella Sacco, 1895 †) Sacco, F. (1895). I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XVIII. (Melaniidae, Littorinidae, Fossaridae, Rissoidae, Hydrobiidae, Paludinidae e Valvatidae). Torino: Carlo Clausen. 51 pp., 1 pl. [30 September 1895]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46676
page(s): 7, pl. 2, fig. 10; note: Ptychomelania was indicated by Sacco like a full genus but ranked as subgenus of Melania [details]
page(s): 189 [details]
original description (of Melania (Ptychomelania) buccinella Sacco, 1895 †) Sacco, F. (1895). I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XVIII. (Melaniidae, Littorinidae, Fossaridae, Rissoidae, Hydrobiidae, Paludinidae e Valvatidae). Torino: Carlo Clausen. 51 pp., 1 pl. [30 September 1895]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46676
page(s): 7, pl. 2, fig. 10; note: Ptychomelania was indicated by Sacco like a full genus but ranked as subgenus of Melania [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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New combination Combination established herein, for matters of precedence - Wenz (1929) synonymized Melania brocchii Michelotti, 1847 with Ptychomelania buccinella assuming that the latter was validly described by Sismonda (1842). However, that name is a nomen nudum, it was validly introduced by Sacco (1895). Consequently, the earliest valid name of the species is Ptychomelania brocchii. [details]
