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Melania forbesii J. Morris, 1856 †
1262878 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1262878)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
fossil only
Forbes, E. (1856). On the Tertiary Fluvio-marine Formation of the Isle of Wight Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, 162 pp., available online at https://books.google.at/books?id=YibPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 67, pl. 3, fig. 15 [details]
page(s): 67, pl. 3, fig. 15 [details]
Type locality contained in Great Britain
, Note Shalfleet (Hamstead) ("Hempstead Ledge"), Isle...
type locality contained in Great Britain [details]
Type locality Shalfleet (Hamstead) ("Hempstead Ledge"), Isle of Wight, United Kingdom; Bembridge Limestone Formation to Bouldnor Formation (Gurnard Member), Priabonian, late Eocene [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melania forbesii J. Morris, 1856 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1262878 on 2025-07-01
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Forbes, E. (1856). On the Tertiary Fluvio-marine Formation of the Isle of Wight Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, 162 pp., available online at https://books.google.at/books?id=YibPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 67, pl. 3, fig. 15 [details]
page(s): 67, pl. 3, fig. 15 [details]
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Type locality Shalfleet (Hamstead) ("Hempstead Ledge"), Isle of Wight, United Kingdom; Bembridge Limestone Formation to Bouldnor Formation (Gurnard Member), Priabonian, late Eocene [details]
