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Thiara amarula (Linnaeus, 1758)
716183 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:716183)
accepted
Species
Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Melania (Tiara) speciosa A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania coacta Mörch, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania cybele A. Gould, 1847 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania diadema I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania holoserica Leschke, 1912 · unaccepted
Melania speciosa A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania thiarella Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania villosa R. A. Philippi, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania villosa var. elongata Schepman, 1918 · unaccepted (preoccupied)
Thiara amaruloidea Iredale, 1943 · unaccepted
Thiara vouamica Bourguignat, 1890 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Tiara speciosa A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted (nomen nudum)
(of Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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original description
(of Melania villosa R. A. Philippi, 1849) Philippi, R. A. (1849). Centuria tertia testaceorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 5(10): 151-160 [March 1849]; 5(11): 161-176 [March 1849]; 5(12): 186-192 [April 1849]; 6(2): 17-26 [May 1849]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292345
page(s): 154 [details]
original description (of Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 774 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Melania diadema I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) Lea, I.; Lea, H. C. (1851). Description of a new genus of the family Melaniana, and of many new species of the genus <i>Melania</i>, chiefly collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., during his zoological voyage in the East , and now first described. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 18: 179-197 [28 February 1851, teste Duncan (1937:81)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12858889
page(s): 194 [details]
original description (of Thiara vouamica Bourguignat, 1890) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1890). Mollusques de l'Afrique équatoriale de Moguedouchou à Bagamoyo et de Bagamoyo au Tanganika. 1-229, pls 1-8. Book dated 1889, publication date 1890., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12909251
page(s): 183; note: As Tiara (misspelling) [details]
original description (of Melania thiarella Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 2me partie, 232 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13181853
page(s): 166 [details]
original description (of Melania cybele A. Gould, 1847) Gould, A. A. (1847). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 196-198, 200-203, 204-208 [March]; 209, 210-212, 214-215, 222-224 [June]; 225, 237-239 [July]; 251-252 [December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490880
page(s): 222 [details]
original description (of Melania coacta Mörch, 1872) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1872). Catalogue de Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles des anciennes colonies danoises du golfe du Bengale. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 20 (4): 303-327., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15684513
page(s): 320; note: by indication to Strombus coacta Meuschen, 1787 [details]
original description (of Melania holoserica Leschke, 1912) Leschke, M. (1912). Mollusken der Hamburger Südsee-Expedition 1908/1909 (Admiralitätsinseln, Bismarckarchipel, Deutsch Neuguinea). <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 29, 2. Beiheft: 89-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29977043
page(s): 128, fig. 19 [details]
original description (of Melania villosa var. elongata Schepman, 1918) Schepman, M. M. (1918). On a collection of land-, freshwater- and marine Mollusca from northern New Guinea. <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen.</em> 4(1): 1-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41998399
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Melania (Tiara) speciosa A. Adams, 1854) Adams, A. (1854). Descriptions of new species of <i>Semele, Rhizochilus, Plotia</i> and <i>Tiara</i> in the Cumingian collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 21 (1853): 94-99., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747225
page(s): 99. [details]
basis of record Glaubrecht M., Brinkmann N. & Pöppe J. (2009). Diversity and disparity ‘down under': Systematics, biogeography and reproductive modes of the ‘marsupial' freshwater Thiaridae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) in Australia. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 85(2): 199-275., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/zoos.200900004 [details]
additional source Brown D. S. (1994). <i>Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance</i>, revised 2nd edition. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. i-x, 1-607.
page(s): 100 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
page(s): 18 [details]
additional source Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
page(s): 55 [details]
additional source Appleton, C.C. (1996). Freshwater molluscs of southern Africa. University of Natal Press: Pietermaritzburg. Pp. 1–64.
page(s): 23 [details]
additional source Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1973). Sur les Mollusques Fluviatiles de Madagascar. <i>Malacologia</i>. 12: 339-378. [details]
page(s): 154 [details]
original description (of Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 774 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Melania diadema I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) Lea, I.; Lea, H. C. (1851). Description of a new genus of the family Melaniana, and of many new species of the genus <i>Melania</i>, chiefly collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., during his zoological voyage in the East , and now first described. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 18: 179-197 [28 February 1851, teste Duncan (1937:81)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12858889
page(s): 194 [details]
original description (of Thiara vouamica Bourguignat, 1890) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1890). Mollusques de l'Afrique équatoriale de Moguedouchou à Bagamoyo et de Bagamoyo au Tanganika. 1-229, pls 1-8. Book dated 1889, publication date 1890., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12909251
page(s): 183; note: As Tiara (misspelling) [details]
original description (of Melania thiarella Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 2me partie, 232 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13181853
page(s): 166 [details]
original description (of Melania cybele A. Gould, 1847) Gould, A. A. (1847). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 196-198, 200-203, 204-208 [March]; 209, 210-212, 214-215, 222-224 [June]; 225, 237-239 [July]; 251-252 [December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490880
page(s): 222 [details]
original description (of Melania coacta Mörch, 1872) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1872). Catalogue de Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles des anciennes colonies danoises du golfe du Bengale. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 20 (4): 303-327., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15684513
page(s): 320; note: by indication to Strombus coacta Meuschen, 1787 [details]
original description (of Melania holoserica Leschke, 1912) Leschke, M. (1912). Mollusken der Hamburger Südsee-Expedition 1908/1909 (Admiralitätsinseln, Bismarckarchipel, Deutsch Neuguinea). <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 29, 2. Beiheft: 89-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29977043
page(s): 128, fig. 19 [details]
original description (of Melania villosa var. elongata Schepman, 1918) Schepman, M. M. (1918). On a collection of land-, freshwater- and marine Mollusca from northern New Guinea. <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen.</em> 4(1): 1-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41998399
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Melania (Tiara) speciosa A. Adams, 1854) Adams, A. (1854). Descriptions of new species of <i>Semele, Rhizochilus, Plotia</i> and <i>Tiara</i> in the Cumingian collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 21 (1853): 94-99., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747225
page(s): 99. [details]
basis of record Glaubrecht M., Brinkmann N. & Pöppe J. (2009). Diversity and disparity ‘down under': Systematics, biogeography and reproductive modes of the ‘marsupial' freshwater Thiaridae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) in Australia. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 85(2): 199-275., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/zoos.200900004 [details]
additional source Brown D. S. (1994). <i>Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance</i>, revised 2nd edition. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. i-x, 1-607.
page(s): 100 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
page(s): 18 [details]
additional source Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
page(s): 55 [details]
additional source Appleton, C.C. (1996). Freshwater molluscs of southern Africa. University of Natal Press: Pietermaritzburg. Pp. 1–64.
page(s): 23 [details]
additional source Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1973). Sur les Mollusques Fluviatiles de Madagascar. <i>Malacologia</i>. 12: 339-378. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thiara amarula)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Thiara amarula (Linnaeus, 1758) Papua New Guinea, ex coll. G. van Roon .)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1418217)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thiara amarula)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Malacopics (Thiara amarula (Linnaeus, 1758) Papua New Guinea, ex coll. G. van Roon .)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1418217)
