MolluscaBase taxon details
Plotiopsis balonnensis (Conrad, 1850)
821622 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:821622)
accepted
Species
Melania balonnensis Conrad, 1850 · unaccepted (original combination)
Melania incerta Brot, 1862 · unaccepted
Melania lirata Menke, 1843 · unaccepted (primary homonym of Melania lirata...)
primary homonym of Melania lirata Benson, 1843; Melania incerta is a replacement name
Melania oncoides Tenison Woods, 1878 · unaccepted
Melania subsimilis E. A. Smith, 1882 · unaccepted
Melania tatei Brazier, 1881 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania tetrica Conrad, 1850 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Melania tetrica Gould, 1847; Melania tatei is a replacement name
Plotiopsis centralia Cotton, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Plotiopsis flata Iredale, 1944 · unaccepted
Plotiopsis sociana Iredale, 1944 · unaccepted
Plotiopsis subornata Iredale, 1943 · unaccepted
Plotiopsis tatei (Brazier, 1881) · unaccepted
Plotiopsis thrascia Iredale, 1944 · unaccepted
Thiara balonnensis (Conrad, 1850) · unaccepted
(of Melania balonnensis Conrad, 1850) Conrad, T. A. (1850). Descriptions of new species of fresh water shells. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 5: 10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1642674
page(s): 11 [details]
page(s): 11 [details]
Type locality contained in Queensland
type locality contained in Queensland [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plotiopsis balonnensis (Conrad, 1850). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=821622 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Melania balonnensis Conrad, 1850) Conrad, T. A. (1850). Descriptions of new species of fresh water shells. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 5: 10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1642674
page(s): 11 [details]
original description (of Melania lirata Menke, 1843) Menke, K. T. (1843). <i>Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae specimen</i>. Hannover: Libraria Aulica Hahniana. 46 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297216
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Melania tetrica Conrad, 1850) Conrad, T. A. (1850). Descriptions of new species of fresh water shells. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 5: 10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1642674
page(s): 11 [details]
original description (of Melania incerta Brot, 1862) Brot, A. (1862). Matériaux pour servir a l'étude de la famille des Mélaniens. I. Catalogue systématique des espéces qui composent la famille des Mélaniens. Vol. 1. Jules-Guillaume Fick, Genève. 1-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12114511
page(s): 35 [details]
original description (of Melania oncoides Tenison Woods, 1878) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1878). On an Australian variety of <i>Neritina pulligera</i>, Linn. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 3: 3-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.22204
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Melania tatei Brazier, 1881) Brazier, J. (1881). Synonymy of and remarks upon two Australian species of <i>Melania</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 6: 551-552., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3344203
page(s): 551 [details]
original description (of Plotiopsis centralia Cotton, 1943) Cotton, B. C. (1943). More Australian freshwater shells. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 67(1): 143-148., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41568581
page(s): 145 [details]
original description (of Plotiopsis subornata Iredale, 1943) Iredale, T. (1943). A basic list of the fresh water Mollusca of Australia. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(2): 188-230., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39362310
page(s): 208 [details]
original description (of Melania subsimilis E. A. Smith, 1882) Smith, E. A. (1882). On the freshwater shells of Australia. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society London, Zoology.</em> 16 (92): 255-316., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982496
page(s): 262, pl. 5, fig. 13. [details]
original description (of Plotiopsis flata Iredale, 1944) Iredale, T. (1944). Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales, class Gastropoda, part II. <em>The Australian Naturalist.</em> 11(5): 113–127.
page(s): 117 [details]
original description (of Plotiopsis sociana Iredale, 1944) Iredale, T. (1944). Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales, class Gastropoda, part II. <em>The Australian Naturalist.</em> 11(5): 113–127.
page(s): 117 [details]
original description (of Plotiopsis thrascia Iredale, 1944) Iredale, T. (1944). Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales, class Gastropoda, part II. <em>The Australian Naturalist.</em> 11(5): 113–127.
page(s): 117 [details]
basis of record Glaubrecht M., Brinkmann N. & Pöppe J. (2009). Diversity and disparity ‘down under': Systematics, biogeography and reproductive modes of the ‘marsupial' freshwater Thiaridae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) in Australia. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 85(2): 199-275., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/zoos.200900004 [details]
page(s): 11 [details]
original description (of Melania lirata Menke, 1843) Menke, K. T. (1843). <i>Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae specimen</i>. Hannover: Libraria Aulica Hahniana. 46 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297216
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Melania tetrica Conrad, 1850) Conrad, T. A. (1850). Descriptions of new species of fresh water shells. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 5: 10-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1642674
page(s): 11 [details]
original description (of Melania incerta Brot, 1862) Brot, A. (1862). Matériaux pour servir a l'étude de la famille des Mélaniens. I. Catalogue systématique des espéces qui composent la famille des Mélaniens. Vol. 1. Jules-Guillaume Fick, Genève. 1-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12114511
page(s): 35 [details]
original description (of Melania oncoides Tenison Woods, 1878) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1878). On an Australian variety of <i>Neritina pulligera</i>, Linn. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 3: 3-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.22204
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Melania tatei Brazier, 1881) Brazier, J. (1881). Synonymy of and remarks upon two Australian species of <i>Melania</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 6: 551-552., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3344203
page(s): 551 [details]
original description (of Plotiopsis centralia Cotton, 1943) Cotton, B. C. (1943). More Australian freshwater shells. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 67(1): 143-148., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41568581
page(s): 145 [details]
original description (of Plotiopsis subornata Iredale, 1943) Iredale, T. (1943). A basic list of the fresh water Mollusca of Australia. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 10(2): 188-230., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39362310
page(s): 208 [details]
original description (of Melania subsimilis E. A. Smith, 1882) Smith, E. A. (1882). On the freshwater shells of Australia. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society London, Zoology.</em> 16 (92): 255-316., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982496
page(s): 262, pl. 5, fig. 13. [details]
original description (of Plotiopsis flata Iredale, 1944) Iredale, T. (1944). Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales, class Gastropoda, part II. <em>The Australian Naturalist.</em> 11(5): 113–127.
page(s): 117 [details]
original description (of Plotiopsis sociana Iredale, 1944) Iredale, T. (1944). Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales, class Gastropoda, part II. <em>The Australian Naturalist.</em> 11(5): 113–127.
page(s): 117 [details]
original description (of Plotiopsis thrascia Iredale, 1944) Iredale, T. (1944). Guide to the freshwater shells of New South Wales, class Gastropoda, part II. <em>The Australian Naturalist.</em> 11(5): 113–127.
page(s): 117 [details]
basis of record Glaubrecht M., Brinkmann N. & Pöppe J. (2009). Diversity and disparity ‘down under': Systematics, biogeography and reproductive modes of the ‘marsupial' freshwater Thiaridae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) in Australia. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 85(2): 199-275., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/zoos.200900004 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Melania balonnensis. Conrad, 1850. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5: 11 - catalog no. 26514) (from synonym Melania balonnensis Conrad, 1850)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plotiopsis balonnensis)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Plotiopsis balonnensis (Conrad, 1850) Australia, New South Wales, Namoi River.)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Melania tetrica Gould, 1847 Holotype USNM 5553) (from synonym Melania tetrica Conrad, 1850)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plotiopsis balonnensis)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Plotiopsis balonnensis (Conrad, 1850) Australia, New South Wales, Namoi River.)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Melania tetrica Gould, 1847 Holotype USNM 5553) (from synonym Melania tetrica Conrad, 1850)
