MolluscaBase taxon details
Brotia costula (Rafinesque, 1833)
740349 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:740349)
accepted
Species
Brotia variabilis (Benson, 1836) (based on an unavailable name)
Melania (Melanoides) variabilis Benson, 1836 (superseded combination)
Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. microstoma G. Nevill, 1885 (original combination)
Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. pseudospinosa G. Nevill, 1885 (superseded combination)
Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. semilaevigata G. Nevill, 1885 (original combination)
Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. subspinosa G. Nevill, 1885 (original combination)
Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. subtuberculata G. Nevill, 1885 (original combination)
Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. subvaricosa G. Nevill, 1885 (original combination)
Melania carolinae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 (junior synonym)
Melania costula Rafinesque, 1833 (original combination)
Melania indica Souleyet, 1852 (junior synonym)
Melania menkeana Brot, 1875 (invalid: Unnecessary replacement name for Melania menkiana I. Lea, 1842)
Melania menkiana I. Lea, 1843 (junior synonym)
Melania meukiana I. Lea, 1843 (incorrect original spelling; Melania menkiana is an emendation)
Melania plicata I. Lea, 1838 (invalid: junior homonym of Melania plicata Menke, 1828; M. menkiana is a replacement name)
Melania spinosa Hanley, 1854 (junior synonym)
Melania variabilis Benson, 1836 (invalid: junior homonym of Melania variabilis Defrance, 1823)
Melania variabilis var. aspera Hanley & Theobald, 1874 (invalid: junior homonym of Melania aspera Lesson, 1831)
Melania variabilis var. cincta Hanley & Theobald, 1874 (invalid: junior homonym of Melania cincta I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)
Melania variabilis var. microstoma G. Nevill, 1885 (invalid: junior homonym of Melania microstoma I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)
Melania variabilis var. pseudospinosa G. Nevill, 1885 (junior synonym)
Melania variabilis var. semilaevigata G. Nevill, 1885 (junior synonym)
Melania variabilis var. subspinosa G. Nevill, 1885 (junior synonym)
Melania variabilis var. subtuberculata G. Nevill, 1885 (junior synonym)
Melania variabilis var. subvaricosa G. Nevill, 1885 (junior synonym)
Subspecies Brotia costula peninsularis Brandt, 1974 accepted as Brotia peninsularis Brandt, 1974 (basionym)
(of Melania costula Rafinesque, 1833) Rafinesque, C. S. (1833). On 5 new fresh water shells, of Bengal and Assam in Asia. <em>Atlantic Journal and Friend of Knowledge.</em> 5: 165−170., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54260851
page(s): 166 [details]
page(s): 166 [details]
Lectotype (of Melania spinosa Hanley, 1854) NHMUK...
Lectotype (of Melania spinosa Hanley, 1854) NHMUK 1907.10.28.79, geounit Bangladesh [details]
Lectotype (of Melania variabilis Benson, 1836) NHMUK 1872.12.2.2, geounit India [details]
Lectotype (of Melania carolinae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) NHMUK 1874. 10.12.11/1, geounit India [details]
Lectotype (of Melania varicosa Troschel, 1837) ZMB 2.226a, geounit India [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Brotia costula (Rafinesque, 1833). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740349 on 2021-03-07
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original description
(of Melania variabilis Benson, 1836) Benson W.H. (1836). Descriptive catalogue of a collection of land and fresh-water shells, chiefly contained in the Museum of the Asiatic Society. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 5(59): 741–749., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188918
page(s): 746 [details]
original description (of Melania costula Rafinesque, 1833) Rafinesque, C. S. (1833). On 5 new fresh water shells, of Bengal and Assam in Asia. <em>Atlantic Journal and Friend of Knowledge.</em> 5: 165−170., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54260851
page(s): 166 [details]
original description (of Melania carolinae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) Griffith E. & Pidgeon E. (1833-1834). The Mollusca and Radiata. Vol. 12, In: E. Griffith, [1824]−1835, The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, [...]. London: Whittaker and Co., viii + 601 pp., 61 pls. [Date of publication after Evenhuis (2009): pp. 1-384, Mollusca pls. 1−39, Zoophytes pls 1-20 - 1833; pp. viii + 385-601, Mollusca corrected pls. 28*, 36*, 37*, pls. 40-41 - 1834]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40578
page(s): pl. 13, fig. 3 [legend] [details]
original description (of Melania plicata I. Lea, 1838) Lea, I. (1838). Description of new freshwater and land shells. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> new ser., 6: 1-154, plates 1-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26881423
page(s): 20, pl. 23, fig. 95 [details]
original description (of Melania varicosa Troschel, 1837) Troschel, F. H. (1837). Neue Süßwasser-Conchylien aus dem Ganges. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 3: 166–182., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13477892
page(s): 174 [details]
original description (of Melania hainesiana I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Description of fifteen new species of exotic Melaniana. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8(4): 144-145 [dated as 1856 by Scudder (1885: 71) but earliest acknowledged receipt documented by Fox (1913: xi) was 25 April 1857]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935199
page(s): 144 [details]
original description (of Melania meukiana I. Lea, 1843) Lea, I. (1843). On fresh water shells (continuation) [sixteen new species of the family Melanianae]. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 2(24): 241-243 [on or before 3 January 1843, teste Scudder (1885: 41)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521669
page(s): 242 [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. microstoma G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 261; note: Described as a subvariety. [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. pseudospinosa G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 258; note: Figure provided G. Nevill (1881) pl. 6, fig. 17 (nomen nudum). [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. semilaevigata G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 254 [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. subspinosa G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 253; note: Listed as a subvariety [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. subtuberculata G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 252-253; note: Described as a subvariety. [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. subvaricosa G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 253-254 [details]
basis of record Köhler F. & Glaubrecht M. (2001) Toward a systematic revision of the southeast Asian freshwater gastropod <i>Brotia</i> H. Adams, 1866 (Cerithioidea: Pachychylidae): An account of species from around the South China Sea. <i>Journal of Molluscan Studies</i> 67: 281-318. [details]
basis of record Köhler, F.; Glaubrecht, M. (2006). A systematic revision of the southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae). <em>Malacologia.</em> 48(1−2): 159−251., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13115602
page(s): 176 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 746 [details]
original description (of Melania costula Rafinesque, 1833) Rafinesque, C. S. (1833). On 5 new fresh water shells, of Bengal and Assam in Asia. <em>Atlantic Journal and Friend of Knowledge.</em> 5: 165−170., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54260851
page(s): 166 [details]
original description (of Melania carolinae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) Griffith E. & Pidgeon E. (1833-1834). The Mollusca and Radiata. Vol. 12, In: E. Griffith, [1824]−1835, The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, [...]. London: Whittaker and Co., viii + 601 pp., 61 pls. [Date of publication after Evenhuis (2009): pp. 1-384, Mollusca pls. 1−39, Zoophytes pls 1-20 - 1833; pp. viii + 385-601, Mollusca corrected pls. 28*, 36*, 37*, pls. 40-41 - 1834]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40578
page(s): pl. 13, fig. 3 [legend] [details]
original description (of Melania plicata I. Lea, 1838) Lea, I. (1838). Description of new freshwater and land shells. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> new ser., 6: 1-154, plates 1-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26881423
page(s): 20, pl. 23, fig. 95 [details]
original description (of Melania varicosa Troschel, 1837) Troschel, F. H. (1837). Neue Süßwasser-Conchylien aus dem Ganges. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 3: 166–182., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13477892
page(s): 174 [details]
original description (of Melania hainesiana I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Description of fifteen new species of exotic Melaniana. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8(4): 144-145 [dated as 1856 by Scudder (1885: 71) but earliest acknowledged receipt documented by Fox (1913: xi) was 25 April 1857]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935199
page(s): 144 [details]
original description (of Melania meukiana I. Lea, 1843) Lea, I. (1843). On fresh water shells (continuation) [sixteen new species of the family Melanianae]. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 2(24): 241-243 [on or before 3 January 1843, teste Scudder (1885: 41)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521669
page(s): 242 [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. microstoma G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 261; note: Described as a subvariety. [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. pseudospinosa G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 258; note: Figure provided G. Nevill (1881) pl. 6, fig. 17 (nomen nudum). [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. semilaevigata G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 254 [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. subspinosa G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 253; note: Listed as a subvariety [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. subtuberculata G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 252-253; note: Described as a subvariety. [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. subvaricosa G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 253-254 [details]
basis of record Köhler F. & Glaubrecht M. (2001) Toward a systematic revision of the southeast Asian freshwater gastropod <i>Brotia</i> H. Adams, 1866 (Cerithioidea: Pachychylidae): An account of species from around the South China Sea. <i>Journal of Molluscan Studies</i> 67: 281-318. [details]
basis of record Köhler, F.; Glaubrecht, M. (2006). A systematic revision of the southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae). <em>Malacologia.</em> 48(1−2): 159−251., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13115602
page(s): 176 [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Melania spinosa Hanley, 1854) NHMUK 1907.10.28.79, geounit Bangladesh [details]
Lectotype (of Melania variabilis Benson, 1836) NHMUK 1872.12.2.2, geounit India [details]
Lectotype (of Melania carolinae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) NHMUK 1874. 10.12.11/1, geounit India [details]
Lectotype (of Melania varicosa Troschel, 1837) ZMB 2.226a, geounit India [details]
Syntype (of Melania indica Souleyet, 1852) MNHN, geounit India [details]
Syntype (of Melania plicata I. Lea, 1838) NHMUK, geounit Burma [details]
Syntype (of Melania hainesiana I. Lea, 1857) USNM 119741, geounit India [details]
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Melania carolinae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (74 publications) (from synonym Melania variabilis Benson, 1836)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Melania hainesiana Lea, 1856 Syntype USNM 119741) (from synonym Melania hainesiana I. Lea, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Melania carolinae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (74 publications) (from synonym Melania variabilis Benson, 1836)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Melania hainesiana Lea, 1856 Syntype USNM 119741) (from synonym Melania hainesiana I. Lea, 1857)
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