MolluscaBase name details
Melania vainafa A. Gould, 1847
1305633 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1305633)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
- Variety Melania vainafa var. nigra Mousson, 1869 accepted as Melania lutosa A. Gould, 1847 accepted as Stenomelania lutosa (A. Gould, 1847) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, original name)
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): 225. [details]
page(s): 225. [details]
Type locality contained in Upolu
type locality contained in Upolu [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania vainafa A. Gould, 1847. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1305633 on 2025-09-11
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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): 225. [details]
source of synonymy Cowie, R. H. (1998). Catalog of the nonmarine snails and slugs of the Samoan Islands. <i>Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology</i>. 3: 1-122.
page(s): 36 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 225. [details]
source of synonymy Cowie, R. H. (1998). Catalog of the nonmarine snails and slugs of the Samoan Islands. <i>Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology</i>. 3: 1-122.
page(s): 36 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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