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Cerithium melanioides J. Sowerby, 1816 †
1263094 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1263094)
unaccepted (superseded rank and combination)
Species
fossil only
Sowerby, J. (1815-1818). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth [Vol. II]. London, privately published, pp. 1-235 + index, errata and addenda [3 pp.] + supplementary index to vol. II, pp. 240-251; pl. 103-233. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210427
page(s): 109, pl. 147, figs 6-7 [details]
page(s): 109, pl. 147, figs 6-7 [details]
Note Charlton [London], Southfleet [Kent], Newhaven...
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Type locality Charlton [London], Southfleet [Kent], Newhaven [East Sussex], Hamsey [?] and banks of Croydon canal [], Great Britain [details]
Nomenclature Le Renard & Pacaud (1995) considered Cerithium melanioides Sowerby, 1816 to belong in Brotia (Tinnyea) and treated...
Nomenclature Le Renard & Pacaud (1995) considered Cerithium melanioides Sowerby, 1816 to belong in Brotia (Tinnyea) and treated Cerithium vittatum Lamarck, 1804 as its subspecies. However, vittata takes precedence over melanioides. [details]
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Sowerby, J. (1815-1818). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth [Vol. II]. London, privately published, pp. 1-235 + index, errata and addenda [3 pp.] + supplementary index to vol. II, pp. 240-251; pl. 103-233. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/210427
page(s): 109, pl. 147, figs 6-7 [details]
page(s): 109, pl. 147, figs 6-7 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Le Renard & Pacaud (1995) considered Cerithium melanioides Sowerby, 1816 to belong in Brotia (Tinnyea) and treated Cerithium vittatum Lamarck, 1804 as its subspecies. However, vittata takes precedence over melanioides. [details]Synonymy Considered synonymous with the younger (!) Melania inquinata Defrance, 1823 by Curry (1960). [details]
Type locality Charlton [London], Southfleet [Kent], Newhaven [East Sussex], Hamsey [?] and banks of Croydon canal [], Great Britain [details]
