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Melania escheri Merian, 1849 †
825040 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:825040)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
- Subspecies Melania escheri bicincta F. Sandberger, 1873 † accepted as Tinnyea lauraea bicincta (F. Sandberger, 1873) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Variety Melania escheri var. dactylodes Handmann, 1887 † accepted as Tinnyea dactylodes (Handmann, 1887) † (superseded rank and combination)
- Variety Melania escheri var. ecostata F. Sandberger, 1875 † accepted as Tinnyea ecostata (F. Sandberger, 1875) † (superseded rank and combination)
- Variety Melania escheri var. graeca De Stefani, 1891 † accepted as Tinnyea graeca (De Stefani, 1891) † (superseded rank and combination)
- Variety Melania escheri var. rotundata F. Sandberger, 1875 † accepted as Brotia escheri turrita (Klein, 1846) † accepted as Tinnyea lauraea (Matheron, 1843) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Melania escheri var. tenuicostata Steuer, 1909 † accepted as Tinnyea lauraea steueri (Kadolsky, 1995) † (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of M. tenuicostata Matheron, 1842; Brotia lauraea steueri is a replacement name; new combination)
fossil only
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]
Cuvier, G.; Brongniart, A. (1822). Description géologique des couches des environs de Paris, parmi lesquelles se trouvent les gypses à ossemens. In: Cuvier, G. Recherches sur les ossemens, 2 (2). G. Dufour & E. d'Ocagne, Paris, viii + 428 pp.
page(s): 117 [details]
page(s): 34 [details]
Cuvier, G.; Brongniart, A. (1822). Description géologique des couches des environs de Paris, parmi lesquelles se trouvent les gypses à ossemens. In: Cuvier, G. Recherches sur les ossemens, 2 (2). G. Dufour & E. d'Ocagne, Paris, viii + 428 pp.
page(s): 117 [details]
Note Horgen (Käpfnach) ("Bei Käpfnach am Zürcher...
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Type locality Horgen (Käpfnach) ("Bei Käpfnach am Zürcher See"), Zürich, Switzerland; latest Burdigalian to earliest Langhian (middle mammal zone MN 5), early to middle Miocene [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania escheri Merian, 1849 †. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=825040 on 2025-06-19
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original description
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]
source of synonymy Kadolsky, D. (1995). Stratigraphie und Molluskenfaunen von 'Landschneckenkalk' und 'Cerithienschichten' im Mainzer Becken (Oberoligozän bis Untermiozän?), 2: Revision der aquatischen Mollusken des Landschneckenkalkes. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 124, 1-55.
page(s): 37 [details] Available for editors
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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
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original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) Cuvier, G.; Brongniart, A. (1822). Description géologique des couches des environs de Paris, parmi lesquelles se trouvent les gypses à ossemens. In: Cuvier, G. Recherches sur les ossemens, 2 (2). G. Dufour & E. d'Ocagne, Paris, viii + 428 pp.
page(s): 117 [details]
page(s): 34 [details]
source of synonymy Kadolsky, D. (1995). Stratigraphie und Molluskenfaunen von 'Landschneckenkalk' und 'Cerithienschichten' im Mainzer Becken (Oberoligozän bis Untermiozän?), 2: Revision der aquatischen Mollusken des Landschneckenkalkes. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 124, 1-55.
page(s): 37 [details] Available for editors

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

original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) Cuvier, G.; Brongniart, A. (1822). Description géologique des couches des environs de Paris, parmi lesquelles se trouvent les gypses à ossemens. In: Cuvier, G. Recherches sur les ossemens, 2 (2). G. Dufour & E. d'Ocagne, Paris, viii + 428 pp.
page(s): 117 [details]




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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]Type locality Horgen (Käpfnach) ("Bei Käpfnach am Zürcher See"), Zürich, Switzerland; latest Burdigalian to earliest Langhian (middle mammal zone MN 5), early to middle Miocene [details]