MolluscaBase - Lymnaea megarensis Gaudry, 1867 †

FreshGEN taxon details

Lymnaea megarensis Gaudry, 1867 †

To MNHN Fossil collection (Limnaea megarensis GAUDRY & FISCHER, 1867; Syntype; F.B37572)

AphiaID

823577 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:823577)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Lymnaea Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Limnaea megarensis Gaudry, 1867 †

Synonymised names

Acella (Acella) megarensis (Gaudry, 1867) † · unaccepted > superseded combination

Limnaea megarensis Gaudry, 1867 † · unaccepted (genus misspelt)

Lymnaea (Lymnaea) megarensis Gaudry, 1867 † · alternative representation

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Limnaea megarensis Gaudry, 1867 †) Gaudry, A. (1862-1867). Animaux fossiles et Géologie de l'Attique d'après les recherches faites en 1855-56 et en 1860 sous les auspices de l'Académie des Sciences. Libraire de la Société Géologique de France, Paris, 476 pp., available online at http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/fs1/object/display/bsb10225988_00007.html
page(s): 445, pl. 61, figs 14-17 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lymnaea megarensis Gaudry, 1867 †. Accessed through: Neubauer, T.A.; Harzhauser, M.; Kroh, A.; Georgopoulou, E.; Mandic, O. (2014) Freshwater Gastropods of the European Neogene database (FreshGEN) at: https://marinespecies.org/freshgen/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=823577 on 2025-05-17

Thematic species database citation

Neubauer, T.A.; Harzhauser, M.; Kroh, A.; Georgopoulou, E.; Mandic, O. (2014). Freshwater Gastropods of the European Neogene database (FreshGEN). Lymnaea megarensis Gaudry, 1867 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/freshgen/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=823577 on 2025-05-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-11-07 11:36:15Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2017-09-27 18:25:55Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2022-08-23 11:21:24Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Limnaea megarensis Gaudry, 1867 †) Gaudry, A. (1862-1867). Animaux fossiles et Géologie de l'Attique d'après les recherches faites en 1855-56 et en 1860 sous les auspices de l'Académie des Sciences. Libraire de la Société Géologique de France, Paris, 476 pp., available online at http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/fs1/object/display/bsb10225988_00007.html
page(s): 445, pl. 61, figs 14-17 [details]

Definitions

To MNHN Fossil collection (Limnaea megarensis GAUDRY & FISCHER, 1867; Syntype; F.B37572) (from synonym Limnaea megarensis Gaudry, 1867 †)

From editor or global species database

To MNHN Fossil collection (Limnaea megarensis GAUDRY & FISCHER, 1867; Syntype; F.B37572)

Hosted externally, from synonym