MolluscaBase name details
Melania catenoides I. Lea, 1842
1249254 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1249254)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
Melania catenaria I. Lea, 1840 · unaccepted (invalid, junior homonym of...)
invalid, junior homonym of Melania catenaria Say, 1822; Melania catenoides I. Lea, 1842 is a replacement name
Lea, I. (1842). Description of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 8(2): 163-250 (+ 1 page contents, 1 page corrigenda), plates 5-27 [16 December; also issued separately as volume III of "Observations on the genus <I>Unio</I>"]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957426
page(s): 228, pl. 6, fig. 60 [details]
page(s): 228, pl. 6, fig. 60 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania catenoides I. Lea, 1842. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1249254 on 2025-09-11
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Lea, I. (1842). Description of new fresh water and land shells. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> (NS) 8(2): 163-250 (+ 1 page contents, 1 page corrigenda), plates 5-27 [16 December; also issued separately as volume III of "Observations on the genus <I>Unio</I>"]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957426
page(s): 228, pl. 6, fig. 60 [details]
basis of record Graf, D. L. (2001). The cleansing of the Augean Stables, or a lexicon of the nominal species of the Pleuroceridae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) of recent North America, North Mexico. <em>Walkerana.</em> 11 (27): 1-124. [details] Available for editors
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status source Bieler, R. (2021). Isaac Lea's (1792-1886) substitutions and other modifications of his own names of molluscan species. <em>Malacologia.</em> 64(1): 1-56.
page(s): 23 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 228, pl. 6, fig. 60 [details]
basis of record Graf, D. L. (2001). The cleansing of the Augean Stables, or a lexicon of the nominal species of the Pleuroceridae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) of recent North America, North Mexico. <em>Walkerana.</em> 11 (27): 1-124. [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Bieler, R. (2021). Isaac Lea's (1792-1886) substitutions and other modifications of his own names of molluscan species. <em>Malacologia.</em> 64(1): 1-56.
page(s): 23 [details] Available for editors
[request]