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Melania scipio A. Gould, 1847

1305447  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1305447)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Caenogastropoda incertae sedis (Order)
  7. Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
  8. Thiaridae (Family)
  9. Melania (Genus)
  10. Melania scipio (Species)
 unaccepted (junior synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gould, A. A. (1847). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 196-198, 200-203, 204-208 [March]; 209, 210-212, 214-215, 222-224 [June]; 225, 237-239 [July]; 251-252 [December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490880
page(s): 224 [details] 
Type locality contained in Samoan Exclusive Economic Zone, Fijian...  
type locality contained in Samoan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
type locality contained in Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania scipio A. Gould, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1305447 on 2025-09-11
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2018-10-20 08:09:33Z
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Köhler, Frank
2021-06-24 00:14:11Z
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Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description Gould, A. A. (1847). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 196-198, 200-203, 204-208 [March]; 209, 210-212, 214-215, 222-224 [June]; 225, 237-239 [July]; 251-252 [December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490880
page(s): 224 [details] 

source of synonymy Starmühlner, F. (1993). Ergebnisse der österreichischen Tonga-Samoa Expeditoin 1985 des Instituts für Zoologie der Universität Wien: Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Süss- und Brackwasser-Gastropoden der Tonga- und Samoa-Inseln (SW-Pazifik). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie B, 94/95: 217-306. Wien.
page(s): 60 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

To NMNH Extant Collection (Melania scipio Gould, 1847 Lectotype USNM 5556) 
Unreviewed
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