MolluscaBase name details
original description
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): 191-192 [details]
source of synonymy
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. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 67: 281-318. [details]
Lectotype NHMUK 19990496/1, geounit Philippines [details]