MolluscaBase - Melania turritospira E.A. Smith, 1878

MolluscaBase name details

Melania turritospira E.A. Smith, 1878

AphiaID

1816996 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1816996)

Classification

Status

uncertain > taxon inquirendum

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Micronyassia Bourguignat, 1889

Parent

Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798

Original name

Melania turritospira E.A. Smith, 1878

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Smith, E. A. (1878). On the shells of Lake Nyasa, and on a few marine species from Mozambique. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 712-722. Dated 1877, published 1878., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518674
page(s): 713, pl. 75 figs 14-15 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melania turritospira E.A. Smith, 1878. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1816996 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2025-06-06 10:06:35Z

created

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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

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Sources (1)

original description Smith, E. A. (1878). On the shells of Lake Nyasa, and on a few marine species from Mozambique. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 712-722. Dated 1877, published 1878., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518674
page(s): 713, pl. 75 figs 14-15 [details]