original description
(of Melania escheri Merian, 1849 †) Merian, P. (1849). Ueber die im Süsswasserkalke der Umgebungen von Mülhausen aufgefundenen Schalenthiere. <em>Bericht über die Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel.</em> 8: 33-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33655786
page(s): 34 [details]
basis of record
Harzhauser, M. (2004). Mollusc based Biostratigraphy of the Clay Pit Mataschen in the Styrian Basin (Pannonian). <em>Joannea, Geologie und Paläontologie.</em> 5: 149-161. [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Kowalke, T. (2004). Evolution of the Pachychilidae Troschel, 1857 (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) - from the Tethys to modern tropical rivers. Zitteliana. A 44, 41-50.
page(s): 45 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Authority Authorship usually referred to as "Brongniart in Cuvier & Brongniart, 1822", but the name is not available from that publication (nomen nudum). The name also appeared as nomen nudum in several other publications until Merian (1849) provided the first description of the species. [details]