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Melania menkiana I. Lea, 1843
740355 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:740355)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
Melania meukiana I. Lea, 1843 · unaccepted (incorrect original spelling;...)
incorrect original spelling; Melania menkiana is an emendation
Melania plicata I. Lea, 1838 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Melania plicata Menke, 1828; M. menkiana is a replacement name
Not documented
Nomenclature M. menkiana I. Lea, 1843 is a replacement name for M. plicata I. Lea, 1835. Originally spelled M. meukiana, the name was...
Nomenclature M. menkiana I. Lea, 1843 is a replacement name for M. plicata I. Lea, 1835. Originally spelled M. meukiana, the name was corrected by I. Lea (1844) to M. menkeana. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania menkiana I. Lea, 1843. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740355 on 2025-09-11
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Lea, I. (1844). On fresh water and land shells (continuation). <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 9(1): 1-31 [5 April 1844, teste Scudder (1885:43)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28873168
page(s): 24 [details]
source of synonymy Köhler, F.; Glaubrecht, M. (2001). Toward a systematic revision of the southeast Asian freshwater gastropod <i>Brotia</i> H. Adams, 1866 (Cerithioidea: Pachychylidae): An account of species from around the South China Sea. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 67: 281-318. [details]
status source Bieler, R. (2021). Isaac Lea's (1792-1886) substitutions and other modifications of his own names of molluscan species. <em>Malacologia.</em> 64(1): 1-56.
page(s): 26-27 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 24 [details]
source of synonymy Köhler, F.; Glaubrecht, M. (2001). Toward a systematic revision of the southeast Asian freshwater gastropod <i>Brotia</i> H. Adams, 1866 (Cerithioidea: Pachychylidae): An account of species from around the South China Sea. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 67: 281-318. [details]
status source Bieler, R. (2021). Isaac Lea's (1792-1886) substitutions and other modifications of his own names of molluscan species. <em>Malacologia.</em> 64(1): 1-56.
page(s): 26-27 [details] Available for editors
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Syntype (of Melania plicata I. Lea, 1838) NHMUK, geounit Burma [details]
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Nomenclature M. menkiana I. Lea, 1843 is a replacement name for M. plicata I. Lea, 1835. Originally spelled M. meukiana, the name was corrected by I. Lea (1844) to M. menkeana. [details]
