MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Potamides acutus J. Sowerby, 1822 †) Sowerby, J.; Sowerby, J. De C. (1821-1823). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or, Coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth. Vol. IV. Privately published by author, London, pp. 1-160, pls. 307-407., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14392771
page(s): 53-54, pl. 341, fig. 2 [details]
original description
(of Melania beckeri Dunker, 1853 †) Dunker, W. (1853). Ueber die in der Braunkohlenformation von Großalmerode in neuerer Zeit entdeckten Süßwasser-Mollusken <em>Programm der höheren Gewerbschule in Cassel zu Michaelis</em>. 1853: 3-18
page(s): 17-18 [details]
basis of record
Paul, C.R.C. (1989). The molluscan faunal succession in the Hatherwood Limestone Member (Upper Eocene), Isle of Wight, England <em>Tertiary Research</em>. 10(4): 147-162
page(s): 159 [details]