MolluscaBase name details
Melania variabilis W. H. Benson, 1836
740342 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:740342)
unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Melania variabilis Defrance, 1823)
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
- Variety Melania variabilis var. aspera Hanley & Theobald, 1874 accepted as Brotia costula (Rafinesque, 1833) (invalid: junior homonym of Melania aspera Lesson, 1831)
- Variety Melania variabilis var. baccifera Theobald, 1865 accepted as Brotia henriettae (J. E. Gray, 1833) (junior synonym)
- Variety Melania variabilis var. binodulifera G. Nevill, 1885 accepted as Brotia hanleyi (Godwin-Austen, 1872) accepted as Brotia godwini (Brot, 1875) (junior synonym)
- Variety Melania variabilis var. cincta Hanley & Theobald, 1874 accepted as Brotia costula (Rafinesque, 1833) (invalid: junior homonym of Melania cincta I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)
- Variety Melania variabilis var. glabra Theobald, 1865 accepted as Brotia henriettae (J. E. Gray, 1833) (invalid, a junior homonym of Melania glabra I. Lea, 1841 )
- Variety Melania variabilis var. microstoma G. Nevill, 1885 accepted as Brotia costula (Rafinesque, 1833) (invalid: junior homonym of Melania microstoma I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)
- Variety Melania variabilis var. pseudospinosa G. Nevill, 1885 accepted as Brotia costula (Rafinesque, 1833) (junior synonym)
- Variety Melania variabilis var. pyramidalis Theobald, 1865 accepted as Brotia henriettae (J. E. Gray, 1833) (junior synonym; junior homonym of Melania variabilis Morelet, 1849)
- Variety Melania variabilis var. semilaevigata G. Nevill, 1885 accepted as Brotia costula (Rafinesque, 1833) (junior synonym)
- Variety Melania variabilis var. subspinosa G. Nevill, 1885 accepted as Brotia costula (Rafinesque, 1833) (junior synonym)
- Variety Melania variabilis var. subtuberculata G. Nevill, 1885 accepted as Brotia costula (Rafinesque, 1833) (junior synonym)
- Variety Melania variabilis var. subvaricosa G. Nevill, 1885 accepted as Brotia costula (Rafinesque, 1833) (junior synonym)
- Variety Melania variabilis var. turrita Theobald, 1865 accepted as Brotia henriettae (J. E. Gray, 1833) (junior synonym)
- Variety Melania variabilis var. vittata Theobald, 1865 accepted as Brotia henriettae (J. E. Gray, 1833) (invalid; not Phillips, 1829 nor Anthony, 1854)
Benson, W. H. (1836). Descriptive catalogue of a collection of land and fresh-water shells, chiefly contained in the Museum of the Asiatic Society. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 5(59): 741–750., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188918
page(s): 746 [details]
page(s): 746 [details]
Lectotype NHMUK 1872.12.2.2, geounit India
Lectotype NHMUK 1872.12.2.2, geounit India [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania variabilis Benson, 1836. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740342 on 2024-05-29
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Benson, W. H. (1836). Descriptive catalogue of a collection of land and fresh-water shells, chiefly contained in the Museum of the Asiatic Society. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 5(59): 741–750., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188918
page(s): 746 [details]
basis of record Köhler, F.; Glaubrecht, M. (2002). Annotated catalogue of the nominal taxa of Southeast Asian freshwater gastropods, family Pachychilidae Troschel, 1857 (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea), with an evaluation of the types. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Zoologische Reihe.</em> 78(1): 121-156., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.4850780107
page(s): 151 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Preece, R. C., White, T. S., Raheem, D. C., Ketchum, H., Ablett, J., Taylor, H., Webb, K. & Naggs, F. (2022). William Benson and the golden age of malacology in British India: Biography, illustrated catalogue and evaluation of his molluscan types. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online at https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390
page(s): 97, Fig. 39 C-E [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 746 [details]
basis of record Köhler, F.; Glaubrecht, M. (2002). Annotated catalogue of the nominal taxa of Southeast Asian freshwater gastropods, family Pachychilidae Troschel, 1857 (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea), with an evaluation of the types. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Zoologische Reihe.</em> 78(1): 121-156., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.4850780107
page(s): 151 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Preece, R. C., White, T. S., Raheem, D. C., Ketchum, H., Ablett, J., Taylor, H., Webb, K. & Naggs, F. (2022). William Benson and the golden age of malacology in British India: Biography, illustrated catalogue and evaluation of his molluscan types. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online at https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390
page(s): 97, Fig. 39 C-E [details] Available for editors [request]
Lectotype NHMUK 1872.12.2.2, geounit India [details]