original description
Lea, I. (1842). Description of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 8(2): 163-250 (+ 1 page contents, 1 page corrigenda), plates 5-27 [16 December; also issued separately as volume III of "Observations on the Genus <i>Unio</l>]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957426
page(s): corrigenda page after p. 250 [details]
original description
(of Melania corrugata I. Lea, 1841) Lea, I. (1841). On fresh water and land shells (continuation) [description of fifty-seven new species of <i>Melania</i>]. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 2(16): 11-15 [assumed publication date in March 1841 teste Scudder (1885: 27)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521473
page(s): 13 [details]
From editor or global species database
Status Introduced as a replacement name for preoccupied Melania corrugata I. Lea, 1841 but itself a junior homonym of Melania rugosa Rafinesque, 1831 [details]