MolluscaBase taxon details
Sulcospira housei (I. Lea, 1857)
766812 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:766812)
accepted
Species
Adamietta housei (I. Lea, 1857) · unaccepted
Melania housei I. Lea, 1857 · unaccepted (original combination)
Melania schomburgki Reeve, 1859 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
(of Melania housei I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Description of fifteen new species of exotic Melaniana. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8(4): 144-145 [dated as 1856 by Scudder (1885: 71) but earliest acknowledged receipt documented by Fox (1913: xi) was 25 April 1857]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935199
page(s): 144 [details]
page(s): 144 [details]
Lectotype (of Melania schomburgki Reeve, 1859) NHMUK...
Lectotype (of Melania schomburgki Reeve, 1859) NHMUK 19991574A, geounit Thailand [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Sulcospira housei (I. Lea, 1857). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766812 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Melania housei I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Description of fifteen new species of exotic Melaniana. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8(4): 144-145 [dated as 1856 by Scudder (1885: 71) but earliest acknowledged receipt documented by Fox (1913: xi) was 25 April 1857]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935199
page(s): 144 [details]
original description (of Melania schomburgki Reeve, 1859) Reeve, L. A. (1859-1861). Monograph of the genus <i>Melania</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 12, pls 1-59 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1861; pls 2-9, November 1859; pls 10-17, December 1859; pls 18-25, 28-29, January 1860; pls 26-27, 30, February 1860; pls 31-33, May 1860; pls 34-45, September 1860; pls 46-47, November 1860; pls 48-49, December 1860, pls 50-51, March 1861; pls 52-53, April 1861; pls 54-59, May 1861]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11125701
page(s): pl. 14, fig. 93 [details]
basis of record Köhler, F. and C. Dames. 2009. Phylogeny and systematics of the Pachychilidae of mainland South-East Asia – novel insights from morphology and mitochondrial DNA (Mollusca,Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea. <i>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society</i> 157: 679-699.
page(s): 681 [details]
page(s): 144 [details]
original description (of Melania schomburgki Reeve, 1859) Reeve, L. A. (1859-1861). Monograph of the genus <i>Melania</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 12, pls 1-59 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1861; pls 2-9, November 1859; pls 10-17, December 1859; pls 18-25, 28-29, January 1860; pls 26-27, 30, February 1860; pls 31-33, May 1860; pls 34-45, September 1860; pls 46-47, November 1860; pls 48-49, December 1860, pls 50-51, March 1861; pls 52-53, April 1861; pls 54-59, May 1861]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11125701
page(s): pl. 14, fig. 93 [details]
basis of record Köhler, F. and C. Dames. 2009. Phylogeny and systematics of the Pachychilidae of mainland South-East Asia – novel insights from morphology and mitochondrial DNA (Mollusca,Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea. <i>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society</i> 157: 679-699.
page(s): 681 [details]




Lectotype (of Melania schomburgki Reeve, 1859) NHMUK 19991574A, geounit Thailand [details]
Syntype (of Melania housei I. Lea, 1857) USNM 119615, geounit Thailand [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Adamietta housei (I. Lea, 1857))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sulcospira housei)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Adamietta housei (I. Lea, 1857))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Adamietta housei (I. Lea, 1857))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sulcospira housei)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Adamietta housei (I. Lea, 1857))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)