AfReMaS name details
Melania Lamarck, 1799
205560 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205560)
unaccepted (objective synonym of Thiara)
Genus
- Species Melania rodericensis E. A. Smith, 1876 accepted as Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 75 [details]
page(s): 75 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205560 on 2025-05-15
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Melania Lamarck, 1799. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205560 on 2025-05-15
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Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 75 [details]
basis of record Benson, W. H. (1830). Description of the animal of <i>Melania</i>, a genus of fluviatile Testacea; with remarks on its habits, and the characters of five species inhabiting the fresh waters of the Gangetic provinces. <em>Gleanings in Science.</em> 2: 21-23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51583203 [details]
additional source Westerlund, C. A. (1886). <i>Fauna der in der paläarctischen Region (...) lebenden Binnenconchylien</i>. I. Fam. Testacellidae, Glandinidae, Vitrinidae & Leucochroidae. – Lund: Håkan Ohlsson. 88 + 7 (Register) + 16 (Dritte Beilage [Nachträge und Berichtigungen zum Heft IV (I): pp. 1-6; Nachträge und Berichtigungen zum Heft V (II): pp. 6-15; Bemerkungen zum Heft I (III): p. 16]) pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10893267
page(s): 12 [details]
page(s): 75 [details]
basis of record Benson, W. H. (1830). Description of the animal of <i>Melania</i>, a genus of fluviatile Testacea; with remarks on its habits, and the characters of five species inhabiting the fresh waters of the Gangetic provinces. <em>Gleanings in Science.</em> 2: 21-23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51583203 [details]
additional source Westerlund, C. A. (1886). <i>Fauna der in der paläarctischen Region (...) lebenden Binnenconchylien</i>. I. Fam. Testacellidae, Glandinidae, Vitrinidae & Leucochroidae. – Lund: Håkan Ohlsson. 88 + 7 (Register) + 16 (Dritte Beilage [Nachträge und Berichtigungen zum Heft IV (I): pp. 1-6; Nachträge und Berichtigungen zum Heft V (II): pp. 6-15; Bemerkungen zum Heft I (III): p. 16]) pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10893267
page(s): 12 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
