original description
(of Cerithium melanioides J. Sowerby, 1816 †) Sowerby, J. (1815-1818). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth [Vol. II]. London, privately published, pp. 1-235 + index, errata and addenda [3 pp.] + supplementary index to vol. II, pp. 240-251; pl. 103-233. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210427
page(s): 109, pl. 147, figs 6-7 [details]
basis of record
Le Renard, J. & Pacaud, J. (1995). Révision des mollusques Paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. II. Liste des références primaires des espèces. <em>Cossmanniana.</em> 3: 65-132.
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Nomenclature Le Renard & Pacaud (1995) treated Cerithium vittatum Lamarck, 1804 as subspecies of Brotia (Tinnyea) melanioides (Sowerby, 1816), but vittata takes precedence over melanioides. [details]