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Melania elegans W. H. Benson, 1837
1342979 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1342979)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
Benson, W. H. (1837). Description of the shell and animal of <i>Nematura</i>, a new genus of Mollusca, inhabiting situations subject to alternations of fresh and brackish water. <em>The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 5 (60): 781-782 ["1836"]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188960
page(s): 782 [details]
page(s): 782 [details]
Taxonomy This taxon was described by Benson (1830: 22) as Species C, but was unnamed. Benson named it in 1836, but provided no...
Taxonomy This taxon was described by Benson (1830: 22) as Species C, but was unnamed. Benson named it in 1836, but provided no further description. [details]
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Benson, W. H. (1837). Description of the shell and animal of <i>Nematura</i>, a new genus of Mollusca, inhabiting situations subject to alternations of fresh and brackish water. <em>The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 5 (60): 781-782 ["1836"]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188960
page(s): 782 [details]
additional source Hutton, T. (1849). Notices of some land and fresh water shells occurring in Afghanisthan. <em>The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 18 (2, 31): 649-661, 967. Calcutta [July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40133082
page(s): 657-658 [details]
additional source Preece, R. C., White, T. S., Raheem, D. C., Ketchum, H., Ablett, J., Taylor, H., Webb, K. & Naggs, F. (2022). William Benson and the golden age of malacology in British India: Biography, illustrated catalogue and evaluation of his molluscan types. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online at https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390
page(s): 101 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Starmühlner, F. (1976). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Süßwasser-Gastropoden pazifischer Inseln. Ergebnisse der Österreichischen Indopazifik- Expedition des 1. Zoologischen Institutes der. Universität Wien. <em>Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museum in Wien.</em> 80: 473-656. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 782 [details]
additional source Hutton, T. (1849). Notices of some land and fresh water shells occurring in Afghanisthan. <em>The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 18 (2, 31): 649-661, 967. Calcutta [July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40133082
page(s): 657-658 [details]
additional source Preece, R. C., White, T. S., Raheem, D. C., Ketchum, H., Ablett, J., Taylor, H., Webb, K. & Naggs, F. (2022). William Benson and the golden age of malacology in British India: Biography, illustrated catalogue and evaluation of his molluscan types. <em>Tropical Natural History.</em> No. 6: Supplement: 1-434., available online at https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/257073/175390
page(s): 101 [details] Available for editors
[request] source of synonymy Starmühlner, F. (1976). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Süßwasser-Gastropoden pazifischer Inseln. Ergebnisse der Österreichischen Indopazifik- Expedition des 1. Zoologischen Institutes der. Universität Wien. <em>Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museum in Wien.</em> 80: 473-656. [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomy This taxon was described by Benson (1830: 22) as Species C, but was unnamed. Benson named it in 1836, but provided no further description. [details]
