MolluscaBase - Melania acuminata Dunker, 1844

MolluscaBase name details

Melania acuminata Dunker, 1844

AphiaID

1063565 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1063565)

Classification

Status

uncertain > taxon inquirendum

Rank

Species

Parent

Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798

Original name

Melania acuminata Dunker, 1844

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): 160, pl. 3, fig. 5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania acuminata Dunker, 1844. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1063565 on 2025-07-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-03-06 10:08:01Z

created

Köhler, Frank

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): 160, pl. 3, fig. 5 [details]