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Melania blainvillii Münster, 1844 †
1612607 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1612607)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Goldfuss, G. A. (1841-1844). Petrefacta Germaniae tam ea, quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano, Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata. Dritter Teil: 128 pp. Düsseldorf: Arnz & Comp. [1-20, pls. 166-171 (1841); 21-28, pls. 172-195 (1844); I-IV, 29-128, pls. 196-200 (1844)] [publication dates from: Quenstedt, W. (1963). Clavis bibliographica. In: Westphal, F. (ed.), Fossilium Catalogus, I. Animalia, pars 102. 118 pp. s'Gravenhage: Junk.].
page(s): 112, pl. 198, fig. 9 [details]
page(s): 112, pl. 198, fig. 9 [details]
Type locality contained in Germany
type locality contained in Germany [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melania blainvillii Münster, 1844 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1612607 on 2025-09-12
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Goldfuss, G. A. (1841-1844). Petrefacta Germaniae tam ea, quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano, Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata. Dritter Teil: 128 pp. Düsseldorf: Arnz & Comp. [1-20, pls. 166-171 (1841); 21-28, pls. 172-195 (1844); I-IV, 29-128, pls. 196-200 (1844)] [publication dates from: Quenstedt, W. (1963). Clavis bibliographica. In: Westphal, F. (ed.), Fossilium Catalogus, I. Animalia, pars 102. 118 pp. s'Gravenhage: Junk.].
page(s): 112, pl. 198, fig. 9 [details]
page(s): 112, pl. 198, fig. 9 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Spelling Clearly named after Blainville, therefore the spelling "blainvillii" is an incorrect original spelling. Also, the original spelling has hardly been used in the literature, the prevailing usage is blainvillei. [details]
