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Geomelania parvula Pilsbry & A. P. Brown, 1912
1334575 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1334575)
accepted
Species
Geomelania (Merilliana) parvula Pilsbry & A. P. Brown, 1912 · alternative representation
Geomelania (Merilliana) parvulina Clench & R. D. Turner, 1948 · unaccepted (unnecessary nom. nov. for...)
unnecessary nom. nov. for Geomelania parva Chitty, 1853, non C. B. Adams, 1850
Geomelania parva Chitty, 1853 · unaccepted (invalid; not C. B. Adams, 1850)
Geomelania parvulina Clench & R. D. Turner, 1948 · unaccepted (unnecessary nom. nov. for...)
unnecessary nom. nov. for Geomelania parva Chitty, 1853, non C. B. Adams, 1850
Pilsbry, H. A. & Brown, A. P. (1912). The land Mollusca of Montego Bay, Jamaica; with notes on the land Mollusca of the Kingston region. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 63: 572-588, pl. 43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1696041
page(s): 587; note: footnote [details]
page(s): 587; note: footnote [details]
Type locality contained in Jamaica
type locality contained in Jamaica (origin: native) [details]
Taxonomy nom. nov. for Geomelania parva Chitty, 1853, non C. B. Adams, 1850 (see footnote pg. 587)
Taxonomy nom. nov. for Geomelania parva Chitty, 1853, non C. B. Adams, 1850 (see footnote pg. 587) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Geomelania parvula Pilsbry & A. P. Brown, 1912. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1334575 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Pilsbry, H. A. & Brown, A. P. (1912). The land Mollusca of Montego Bay, Jamaica; with notes on the land Mollusca of the Kingston region. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 63: 572-588, pl. 43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1696041
page(s): 587; note: footnote [details]
original description (of Geomelania parva Chitty, 1853) Chitty, E. (1853). Descriptions of thirty supposed new species and varieties of land and fluviatile shells of Jamaica, with observations on some shells already described. <em>Contributions to Conchology.</em> 1 (13): 1-19., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=QwcnN-VZWTAC&pg=RA1-PA1
page(s): 6 [details]
original description (of Geomelania (Merilliana) parvulina Clench & R. D. Turner, 1948) Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1948). A catalogue of the family Truncatellidae with notes and descriptions of new species. <em>Occasional Papers on Mollusks.</em> 1(13): 157-212, 4 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7756427
page(s): 180 [details]
page(s): 587; note: footnote [details]
original description (of Geomelania parva Chitty, 1853) Chitty, E. (1853). Descriptions of thirty supposed new species and varieties of land and fluviatile shells of Jamaica, with observations on some shells already described. <em>Contributions to Conchology.</em> 1 (13): 1-19., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=QwcnN-VZWTAC&pg=RA1-PA1
page(s): 6 [details]
original description (of Geomelania (Merilliana) parvulina Clench & R. D. Turner, 1948) Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1948). A catalogue of the family Truncatellidae with notes and descriptions of new species. <em>Occasional Papers on Mollusks.</em> 1(13): 157-212, 4 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7756427
page(s): 180 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy nom. nov. for Geomelania parva Chitty, 1853, non C. B. Adams, 1850 (see footnote pg. 587) [details]
