MolluscaBase - Amphimelania hellespontica (Calvert & Neumayr, 1880) †

MolluscaBase name details

Amphimelania hellespontica (Calvert & Neumayr, 1880) †

AphiaID

824587 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:824587)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Palaeotaia hellespontica (Calvert & Neumayr, 1880) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Amphimelania P. Fischer, 1885 accepted as Holandriana Bourguignat, 1884

Original name

Melania hellespontica Calvert & Neumayr, 1880 †

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Melania hellespontica Calvert & Neumayr, 1880 †) Calvert, F., Neumayr, M. (1880). Die jungen Ablagerungen am Hellespont. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. 40, 357-378., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33417035
page(s): 374, pl. 2, fig. 14 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amphimelania hellespontica (Calvert & Neumayr, 1880) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=824587 on 2025-06-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-11-13 10:14:27Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2017-09-08 10:39:35Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2022-10-17 06:30:55Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description (of Melania hellespontica Calvert & Neumayr, 1880 †) Calvert, F., Neumayr, M. (1880). Die jungen Ablagerungen am Hellespont. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. 40, 357-378., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33417035
page(s): 374, pl. 2, fig. 14 [details]

basis of record Wenz, W. (1923-1930). Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia. Gastropoda extramarina tertiaria. W. Junk, Berlin. Vol. I: 1-352 pp. (1923), Vol. II: 353-736 pp. (1923), Vol. III: 737-1068 pp. (1923), Vol. IV: 1069-1420 pp. (1923), Vol. V: 1421-1734 pp. (1923), Vol. VI: 1735-1862 pp. (1923), Vol. VII: 1863-2230 pp. (1926), Vol. VIII: 2231-2502 pp. (1928), Vol. IX: 2503-2886 pp. (1929), Vol. X: 2887-3014 pp. (1929), Vol. XI: 3015-3387 pp. (1930)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/61839#/summary
page(s): 2874 [details]