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Melania similis Schepman, 1919
1392457 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1392457)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
Schepman, M. M. (1919). On a collection of land- and freshwater Mollusca and a few marine Mollusca chiefly collected by Dr. H. A. Lorentz from New Guinea, the Aru Islands, Timor and Borneo. <em>Nova Guinea. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1912 et 1913 sous les auspices de A. Franssen Herderschee.</em> Vol 8. Zoologie, pp 155-196, pls 4-8., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40339387
page(s): 175, pl. 5, fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 175, pl. 5, fig. 7 [details]
Type locality contained in Irian Jaya
type locality contained in Irian Jaya [details]
Homonymy Invalid: junior homonym of Melania similis Münster, 1841
Homonymy Invalid: junior homonym of Melania similis Münster, 1841 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melania similis Schepman, 1919. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1392457 on 2025-09-11
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Schepman, M. M. (1919). On a collection of land- and freshwater Mollusca and a few marine Mollusca chiefly collected by Dr. H. A. Lorentz from New Guinea, the Aru Islands, Timor and Borneo. <em>Nova Guinea. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1912 et 1913 sous les auspices de A. Franssen Herderschee.</em> Vol 8. Zoologie, pp 155-196, pls 4-8., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40339387
page(s): 175, pl. 5, fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 175, pl. 5, fig. 7 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Homonymy Invalid: junior homonym of Melania similis Münster, 1841 [details]
