original description
(of Melania costata Olivier, 1804) Olivier, G.A. (1804). Voyage dans l'Empire Othoman, l'Égypte et la Perse, fair par ordre du Gouvernement, pendant les six premières années de la République. Tome second, ii pp. + 466 pp. + Errata (1 pp.); Atlas, 2d livraison: vii pp., pl. 18-32. Paris (H. Agasse)., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN625322681&DMDID=&LOGID=LOG_0005&PHYSID=PHYS_0008
page(s): 294 (footnote), pl. 31, fig. 3 [details]
original description
(of Melanopsis eumorphia Bourguignat, 1884) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1884). Histoire des Mélaniens du système européen. <em>Annales de Malacologie.</em> 2 (1): 1-168. [± August]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12168568
page(s): 146 [details]
original description
(of Melanopsis blanckenhorni Schütt, 1988 †) Schütt, H. (1988). Ergänzungen zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna oberpliozäner Süßwasserkonglomerate Syriens. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 118(4/6): 129-143.
page(s): 137, pl. 3, figs 18-20 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description
(of Melanopsis brevis Mousson, 1854) Mousson, A. (1854). Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles recueillies par M. le Prof. Bellardi dans un voyage en Orient, 59 pp., 1 plate. Zürich (Zürcher & Furrer) [partly (namely pages 16-55) reprinted in 1854: Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich, 3 (8, 101): 362‑372; 3 (8, 102): 373‑388; 3 (8, 103): 389‑402. Page 1-15, the “Additions et corrections” and the “Explication de la planche” on page 55-59 and the plate were not published in the "Mittheilungen"]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47588377
page(s): 398 [details]
basis of record
Glöer, P. & Pešić, V. (2012). The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 219: 11-61. Sofia [4 September]., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.219.3406 [details]
additional source
Heller, J.; Mordan, P.; Ben-Ami, F.; Sivan, N. (2005). Conchometrics, systematics, and distribution of Melanopsis (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Levant. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 144 (2): 229-260. London [10 June]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00172.x
page(s): 241, fig. 10 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Prashad, B. (1921). Report on the freshwater gastropod molluscs of Lower Mesopotamia. Part III. - The families Neritidae, Hydrobiidae and Melaniidae. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 18(5) [Report on the aquatic fauna of Seistan with subsidiary studies. Part V]: 215-227. Calcutta [29 April]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11134343
page(s): 225-226 [details]
status source
Falniowski, A.; Heller, J.; Cameron, R. A. D.; Pokryszko, B. M.; Osikowski, A.; Rysiewska, A.; Hofman, S. (2020). Melanopsidae (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea) from the eastern Mediterranean: another case of morphostatic speciation. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 190(2): 483-507., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz160 [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource
Glöer, P. (2019). <i>The freshwater gastropods of the West-Palaearctis</i>. Volume 1. Fresh- and brakish waters except spring and subterranean snails. Identification key, anatomy, ecology, distribution. Published by the author. 399 pp.
page(s): 77, fig. 73 [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Iran: Kerman and Khuzestan Provinces. [details]