Benson, W. H. (1836). Descriptive catalogue of a collection of land and fresh-water shells, chiefly contained in the Museum of the Asiatic Society. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 5(59): 741–750., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188918 page(s): 746 [details]
Lectotype NHMUK 1872.12.2.2, geounit India
Lectotype NHMUK 1872.12.2.2, geounit India [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Melania variabilis W. H. Benson, 1836. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740342 on 2024-05-03
original descriptionBenson, W. H. (1836). Descriptive catalogue of a collection of land and fresh-water shells, chiefly contained in the Museum of the Asiatic Society. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 5(59): 741–750., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188918 page(s): 746 [details]
basis of recordKöhler, F.; Glaubrecht, M. (2002). Annotated catalogue of the nominal taxa of Southeast Asian freshwater gastropods, family Pachychilidae Troschel, 1857 (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea), with an evaluation of the types. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Zoologische Reihe.</em> 78(1): 121-156., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.4850780107 page(s): 151 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourcePreece, R. C., White, T. S., Raheem, D. C., Ketchum, H., Ablett, J., Taylor, H., Webb, K. & Naggs, F. (2022). William Benson and the golden age of malacology in British India: Biography, illustrated catalogue and evaluation of his molluscan types. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online athttps://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390 page(s): 97, Fig. 39 C-E [details] Available for editors [request]
Lectotype NHMUK 1872.12.2.2, geounit India [details]