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Melania rhodensis Bukowski, 1892 †
1039250 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1039250)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
- Variety Melania rhodensis var. apscheronica Andrusov, 1923 † accepted as Melanoides apscheronica (Andrusov, 1923) † (superseded rank and combination)
- Variety Melania rhodensis var. camirensis Bukowski, 1892 † accepted as Melanoides tuberculata curvicosta (Deshayes, 1835) † accepted as Melanoides curvicosta (Deshayes, 1835) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Melania rhodensis var. costata K. Ali-Zade, 1936 † accepted as Melanoides apscheronica (Andrusov, 1923) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Melania rhodensis var. spinosa K. Ali-Zade, 1936 † accepted as Melanoides spinosus (K. Ali-Zade, 1936) † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Variety Melania rhodensis var. aktschagylica K. A. Ali-Zade, 1932 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Variety Melania rhodensis var. striata K. Ali-Zade, 1936 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, invalid, a junior homonym of Melania striata J. Sowerby, 1814)
fossil only
Bukowski, G.v. (1892). Notiz über die Molluskenfauna der levantinischen Bildungen der Insel Rhodus. Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. 29, 247-250., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6341721
page(s): 249 [details]
page(s): 249 [details]
Type locality contained in East Aegean Is.
, Note Kalavárda (locality specified in Bukowski...
type locality contained in East Aegean Is. [details]
Type locality Kalavárda (locality specified in Bukowski 1893), Rhodes, Greece; Salakos Formation, Pliocene [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania rhodensis Bukowski, 1892 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1039250 on 2025-07-09
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Bukowski, G.v. (1892). Notiz über die Molluskenfauna der levantinischen Bildungen der Insel Rhodus. Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. 29, 247-250., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6341721
page(s): 249 [details]
source of synonymy Willmann, R. (1981). Evolution, Systematik und stratigraphische Bedeutung der neogenen Süßwassergastropoden von Rhodos und Kos/Ägäis. Palaeontographica. Abt. A, 174, 10-235.
page(s): 124 [details] Available for editors
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redescription Bukowski, G.v. (1893). Die levantinische Molluskenfauna der Insel Rhodus, I. Theil. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. 60, 265-306., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7217409
page(s): 281, pl. 2, figs 11-12, pl. 3, figs 1-2 [details]
page(s): 249 [details]
source of synonymy Willmann, R. (1981). Evolution, Systematik und stratigraphische Bedeutung der neogenen Süßwassergastropoden von Rhodos und Kos/Ägäis. Palaeontographica. Abt. A, 174, 10-235.
page(s): 124 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Bukowski, G.v. (1893). Die levantinische Molluskenfauna der Insel Rhodus, I. Theil. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. 60, 265-306., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7217409
page(s): 281, pl. 2, figs 11-12, pl. 3, figs 1-2 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality Kalavárda (locality specified in Bukowski 1893), Rhodes, Greece; Salakos Formation, Pliocene [details]
