MolluscaBase - Melania ornata von dem Busch, 1842

MolluscaBase name details

Melania ornata von dem Busch, 1842

AphiaID

1063559 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1063559)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid, not Michaud, 1828)

Accepted name

Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Rank

Species

Parent

Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798

Original name

Melania ornata von dem Busch, 1842

Environment

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

Original description

Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): 4, pl. 1, figs 15-16 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melania ornata von dem Busch, 1842. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1063559 on 2025-07-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-03-06 10:08:01Z

created

Köhler, Frank

2021-04-18 18:57:52Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

2022-09-08 17:02:51Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): 4, pl. 1, figs 15-16 [details]