MolluscaBase name details
Melania samoensis var. exposita Mousson, 1870
1764160 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1764160)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Variety
Melania samoensis Reeve, 1859 accepted as Melania lutosa A. Gould, 1847 accepted as Stenomelania lutosa (A. Gould, 1847)
Mousson, A. (1870). Faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile des îles Viti, d'après les envois de M. le Dr. Edouard Graeffe. Journal de Conchyliologie, 18: 179-236. Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15160598
page(s): 207–208 [details]
page(s): 207–208 [details]
Note Republic of Fiji, “Viti-Levu” (Graeffe).
Type locality Republic of Fiji, “Viti-Levu” (Graeffe). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melania samoensis var. exposita Mousson, 1870. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1764160 on 2025-09-11
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Mousson, A. (1870). Faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile des îles Viti, d'après les envois de M. le Dr. Edouard Graeffe. Journal de Conchyliologie, 18: 179-236. Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15160598
page(s): 207–208 [details]
identification resource Neubert, E.; Gosteli, M.; Bank, R. A. (2023). The molluscan species (Gastropoda; Bivalvia) described by Albert Mousson (1805–1890) and his collection in Zurich. <em>Vita Malacologica.</em> 21: 1-165 [31 May 2023].
page(s): 62, Plate 2, Fig. 16 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 207–208 [details]
identification resource Neubert, E.; Gosteli, M.; Bank, R. A. (2023). The molluscan species (Gastropoda; Bivalvia) described by Albert Mousson (1805–1890) and his collection in Zurich. <em>Vita Malacologica.</em> 21: 1-165 [31 May 2023].
page(s): 62, Plate 2, Fig. 16 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality Republic of Fiji, “Viti-Levu” (Graeffe). [details]
