MolluscaBase - Melania (Mainwaringia) G. Nevill, 1885

WoRMS name details

Melania (Mainwaringia) G. Nevill, 1885

AphiaID

798708 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:798708)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded rank

Accepted name

Mainwaringia G. Nevill, 1885

Rank

Subgenus

Type taxon

Melania (Mainwaringia) paludomoidea G. Nevill, 1885 accepted as Mainwaringia leithii (E. A. Smith, 1876) (type by original designation)

Parent

Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798

Original name

Melania (Mainwaringia) G. Nevill, 1885

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Species Melania (Mainwaringia) paludomoidea G. Nevill, 1885 accepted as Mainwaringia leithii (E. A. Smith, 1876) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Nevill, G. (1885). Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 286 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melania (Mainwaringia) G. Nevill, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=798708 on 2025-06-07

Taxonomic edit history

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2014-08-04 07:48:37Z

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Sartori, André F.

2021-01-08 18:59:49Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

2022-12-21 07:49:52Z

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Neubauer, Thomas A.

2023-03-07 14:43:01Z

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Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description Nevill, G. (1885). Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 286 [details]

basis of record Reid, D. G. (1986). Mainwaringia Nevill, 1885, a littorinid genus from Asiatic mangrove forests, and a case of protandrous hermaphroditism. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 52: 225-242., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/52.3.225 [details] Available for editors

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