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Thiara amarula (Linnaeus, 1758)
716183 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:716183)
accepted
Species
Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Melania (Tiara) speciosa A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania coacta Mörch, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania cybele A. Gould, 1847 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania diadema I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania holoserica Leschke, 1912 · unaccepted
Melania speciosa A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania thiarella Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania villosa R. A. Philippi, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania villosa var. elongata Schepman, 1918 · unaccepted (preoccupied)
Thiara amaruloidea Iredale, 1943 · unaccepted
Thiara vouamica Bourguignat, 1890 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Tiara speciosa A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted (nomen nudum)
(of Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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original description
(of Melania villosa R. A. Philippi, 1849) Philippi, R. A. (1849). Centuria tertia testaceorum novorum. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 5(10): 151-160 [March 1849]; 5(11): 161-176 [March 1849]; 5(12): 186-192 [April 1849]; 6(2): 17-26 [May 1849]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292345
page(s): 154 [details]
original description (of Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 774 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Melania diadema I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) Lea, I.; Lea, H. C. (1851). Description of a new genus of the family Melaniana, and of many new species of the genus <i>Melania</i>, chiefly collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., during his zoological voyage in the East , and now first described. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 18: 179-197 [28 February 1851, teste Duncan (1937:81)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12858889
page(s): 194 [details]
original description (of Thiara vouamica Bourguignat, 1890) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1890). Mollusques de l'Afrique équatoriale de Moguedouchou à Bagamoyo et de Bagamoyo au Tanganika. 1-229, pls 1-8. Book dated 1889, publication date 1890., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12909251
page(s): 183; note: As Tiara (misspelling) [details]
original description (of Melania thiarella Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 2me partie, 232 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13181853
page(s): 166 [details]
original description (of Melania cybele A. Gould, 1847) 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): 222 [details]
original description (of Melania coacta Mörch, 1872) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1872). Catalogue de Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles des anciennes colonies danoises du golfe du Bengale. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 20 (4): 303-327., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15684513
page(s): 320; note: by indication to Strombus coacta Meuschen, 1787 [details]
original description (of Melania holoserica Leschke, 1912) Leschke, M. (1912). Mollusken der Hamburger Südsee-Expedition 1908/1909 (Admiralitätsinseln, Bismarckarchipel, Deutsch Neuguinea). <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 29, 2. Beiheft: 89-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29977043
page(s): 128, fig. 19 [details]
original description (of Melania villosa var. elongata Schepman, 1918) Schepman, M. M. (1918). On a collection of land-, freshwater- and marine Mollusca from northern New Guinea. <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen.</em> 4(1): 1-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41998399
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Melania (Tiara) speciosa A. Adams, 1854) Adams, A. (1854). Descriptions of new species of <i>Semele, Rhizochilus, Plotia</i> and <i>Tiara</i> in the Cumingian collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 21 (1853): 94-99., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747225
page(s): 99. [details]
basis of record Glaubrecht M., Brinkmann N. & Pöppe J. (2009). Diversity and disparity ‘down under': Systematics, biogeography and reproductive modes of the ‘marsupial' freshwater Thiaridae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) in Australia. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 85(2): 199-275., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/zoos.200900004 [details]
additional source Brown D. S. (1994). <i>Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance</i>, revised 2nd edition. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. i-x, 1-607.
page(s): 100 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
page(s): 18 [details]
additional source Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
page(s): 55 [details]
additional source Appleton, C.C. (1996). Freshwater molluscs of southern Africa. University of Natal Press: Pietermaritzburg. Pp. 1–64.
page(s): 23 [details]
additional source Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1973). Sur les Mollusques Fluviatiles de Madagascar. <i>Malacologia</i>. 12: 339-378. [details]
page(s): 154 [details]
original description (of Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 774 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Melania diadema I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) Lea, I.; Lea, H. C. (1851). Description of a new genus of the family Melaniana, and of many new species of the genus <i>Melania</i>, chiefly collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., during his zoological voyage in the East , and now first described. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 18: 179-197 [28 February 1851, teste Duncan (1937:81)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12858889
page(s): 194 [details]
original description (of Thiara vouamica Bourguignat, 1890) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1890). Mollusques de l'Afrique équatoriale de Moguedouchou à Bagamoyo et de Bagamoyo au Tanganika. 1-229, pls 1-8. Book dated 1889, publication date 1890., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12909251
page(s): 183; note: As Tiara (misspelling) [details]
original description (of Melania thiarella Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 2me partie, 232 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13181853
page(s): 166 [details]
original description (of Melania cybele A. Gould, 1847) 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): 222 [details]
original description (of Melania coacta Mörch, 1872) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1872). Catalogue de Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles des anciennes colonies danoises du golfe du Bengale. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 20 (4): 303-327., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15684513
page(s): 320; note: by indication to Strombus coacta Meuschen, 1787 [details]
original description (of Melania holoserica Leschke, 1912) Leschke, M. (1912). Mollusken der Hamburger Südsee-Expedition 1908/1909 (Admiralitätsinseln, Bismarckarchipel, Deutsch Neuguinea). <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten.</em> 29, 2. Beiheft: 89-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29977043
page(s): 128, fig. 19 [details]
original description (of Melania villosa var. elongata Schepman, 1918) Schepman, M. M. (1918). On a collection of land-, freshwater- and marine Mollusca from northern New Guinea. <em>Zoologische Mededeelingen.</em> 4(1): 1-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41998399
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Melania (Tiara) speciosa A. Adams, 1854) Adams, A. (1854). Descriptions of new species of <i>Semele, Rhizochilus, Plotia</i> and <i>Tiara</i> in the Cumingian collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 21 (1853): 94-99., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747225
page(s): 99. [details]
basis of record Glaubrecht M., Brinkmann N. & Pöppe J. (2009). Diversity and disparity ‘down under': Systematics, biogeography and reproductive modes of the ‘marsupial' freshwater Thiaridae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) in Australia. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 85(2): 199-275., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/zoos.200900004 [details]
additional source Brown D. S. (1994). <i>Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance</i>, revised 2nd edition. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. i-x, 1-607.
page(s): 100 [details] Available for editors

additional source Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie, 84: 1-76, 1 plate. Paris.
page(s): 18 [details]
additional source Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
page(s): 55 [details]
additional source Appleton, C.C. (1996). Freshwater molluscs of southern Africa. University of Natal Press: Pietermaritzburg. Pp. 1–64.
page(s): 23 [details]
additional source Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. (1973). Sur les Mollusques Fluviatiles de Madagascar. <i>Malacologia</i>. 12: 339-378. [details]



