original description
(of Melania rhodensis var. spinosa K. Ali-Zade, 1936 †) Ali-Zade, K. (1936). Fauna akchagylskikh sloyev Naftalana. <em>Trudy Azerbaydzhanskogo nauchno-issledovatel'skogo instituta.</em> 32: 1-36.
page(s): 15, pl. 2, figs 1-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Ali-Zade, A.A. (1969). Akchagyl Azerbaidzhana. <em>'Nedra', Leningradskoe otdelenie, Leningrad.</em>
page(s): 158, pl. 47, fig. 7 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Status Status and classification doubtful: it was treated as separate species by A. Ali-Zade (1969), but the taxon has not been treated in the literature for over 50 years. Also a junior homonym of Melania spinosa Hanley, 1854 and M. rudis var. spinosa Brot, 1877. Revision required. [details]