MolluscaBase taxon details
Pseudomelania lineata (J. Sowerby, 1818) †
1756889 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1756889)
accepted
Species
Chemnitzia normaniana A. d'Orbigny, 1850 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania coarctata J. A. Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1843 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Melania coarctata Lamarck, 1816
Melania lineata J. Sowerby, 1818 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Melania procera J. A. Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1843 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pseudomelania (Pseudomelania) lineata (J. Sowerby, 1818) † · alternative representation
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Melania lineata J. Sowerby, 1818 †) Sowerby, J. (1818-1822). <i>The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain; or Coloured Figures and Descriptions of Those Remains of Testaceous Animals or Shells, which have been Preserved at Various Times and Depths in the Earth. </i>Vol. III. Privately published, London. pp. 1–40, pls. 204–221 (1818); pp. 41–98, pls. 222–253** (1819); pp. 99–126, pls. 254–271 (1820); pp. 127–186, pls. 272–306 (1821); pp. 187–194 (1822)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51561256
page(s): 33, pl. 208 fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 33, pl. 208 fig. 1 [details]
Type locality contained in British Isles
type locality contained in British Isles [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pseudomelania lineata (J. Sowerby, 1818) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1756889 on 2025-09-12
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
original description
(of Chemnitzia normaniana A. d'Orbigny, 1850 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques & rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 1</i>. LX + 394 pp. Paris: Masson ["1849"; published January 1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31705373
page(s): 263 [details]
original description (of Melania lineata J. Sowerby, 1818 †) Sowerby, J. (1818-1822). <i>The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain; or Coloured Figures and Descriptions of Those Remains of Testaceous Animals or Shells, which have been Preserved at Various Times and Depths in the Earth. </i>Vol. III. Privately published, London. pp. 1–40, pls. 204–221 (1818); pp. 41–98, pls. 222–253** (1819); pp. 99–126, pls. 254–271 (1820); pp. 127–186, pls. 272–306 (1821); pp. 187–194 (1822)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51561256
page(s): 33, pl. 208 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Melania coarctata J. A. Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1843 †) Eudes-Deslongchamps, [J.A.]. (1843 ["1842"]). Mémoire sur les Mélanies fossiles des terrains secondaires du Calvados. <em>Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie.</em> 7: 215-230, pls 11-12., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9618821z/f259
page(s): 226, pl. 12 figs 11-12 [details]
original description (of Melania procera J. A. Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1843 †) Eudes-Deslongchamps, [J.A.]. (1843 ["1842"]). Mémoire sur les Mélanies fossiles des terrains secondaires du Calvados. <em>Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie.</em> 7: 215-230, pls 11-12., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9618821z/f259
page(s): 222, pl. 12 figs 5-6 [details]
basis of record Fischer, J.-C.; Weber, C. (1997). Révision critique de la Paléontologie française d'Alcide d'Orbigny, Volume II, Gastropodes jurassiques. Masson, Paris, 300 pp.
page(s): 18-19, 20, pl. 2 figs 1, 2a-b, 3a-b, 4, 5, 6a-b [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 263 [details]
original description (of Melania lineata J. Sowerby, 1818 †) Sowerby, J. (1818-1822). <i>The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain; or Coloured Figures and Descriptions of Those Remains of Testaceous Animals or Shells, which have been Preserved at Various Times and Depths in the Earth. </i>Vol. III. Privately published, London. pp. 1–40, pls. 204–221 (1818); pp. 41–98, pls. 222–253** (1819); pp. 99–126, pls. 254–271 (1820); pp. 127–186, pls. 272–306 (1821); pp. 187–194 (1822)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51561256
page(s): 33, pl. 208 fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Melania coarctata J. A. Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1843 †) Eudes-Deslongchamps, [J.A.]. (1843 ["1842"]). Mémoire sur les Mélanies fossiles des terrains secondaires du Calvados. <em>Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie.</em> 7: 215-230, pls 11-12., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9618821z/f259
page(s): 226, pl. 12 figs 11-12 [details]
original description (of Melania procera J. A. Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1843 †) Eudes-Deslongchamps, [J.A.]. (1843 ["1842"]). Mémoire sur les Mélanies fossiles des terrains secondaires du Calvados. <em>Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie.</em> 7: 215-230, pls 11-12., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9618821z/f259
page(s): 222, pl. 12 figs 5-6 [details]
basis of record Fischer, J.-C.; Weber, C. (1997). Révision critique de la Paléontologie française d'Alcide d'Orbigny, Volume II, Gastropodes jurassiques. Masson, Paris, 300 pp.
page(s): 18-19, 20, pl. 2 figs 1, 2a-b, 3a-b, 4, 5, 6a-b [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
