MolluscaBase - Melanopsis (Canthidomus) variabilis (Von dem Busch, 1847)

MolluscaBase name details

Melanopsis (Canthidomus) variabilis (Von dem Busch, 1847)

AphiaID

1806515 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1806515)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Melanopsis variabilis (Von dem Busch, 1847)

Rank

Species

Parent

Melanopsis (Canthidomus) Swainson, 1840 accepted as Melanopsis A. Férussac, 1807

Original name

Melania (Melanopsis) variabilis Von dem Busch, 1847

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Melania (Melanopsis) variabilis Von dem Busch, 1847) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): vol. 2, 175, pl. 4, figs 7-8, 10 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanopsis (Canthidomus) variabilis (Von dem Busch, 1847). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1806515 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2025-04-04 08:59:11Z

created

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description (of Melania (Melanopsis) variabilis Von dem Busch, 1847) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): vol. 2, 175, pl. 4, figs 7-8, 10 [details]

basis of record Vinarski, M. V.; Kantor, Yu. I. (2016). Analytical catalogue of fresh and brackish water molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 544 pp.
page(s): 168 [details] Available for editors

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