original description
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]
additional source
Lea, I. (1866). New Unionidae, Melanidae, etc., chiefly of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 6(2): 113-187, pls 22-24 ["September 1867"; author copies printed December 1866]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35216809
page(s): 127, 128m pl. 22, fig. 27 [details]
status source
Bieler, R. (2021). Isaac Lea's (1792-1886) substitutions and other modifications of his own names of molluscan species. <em>Malacologia.</em> 64(1): 1-56.
page(s): 30 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Spelling Spelling changed to Melania verreauxiana by Lea (1866), an incorrect subsequent spelling [details]