MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Melania boninensis 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): 145 [details]
basis of record
Miura, O.; Mori, H.; Nakai, S.; Satake, K.; Sasaki, T.; Chiba, S. (2008). Molecular evidence of the evolutionary origin of a Bonin Islands endemic, Stenomelania boninensis. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 74(2): 199-202., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyn003 [details]