MolluscaBase - Scalimelania Wenz, 1939 †

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Scalimelania Wenz, 1939 †

AphiaID

820429 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:820429)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Hydrobiidae W. Stimpson, 1865

Original name

Micromelania (Scalimelania) Wenz, 1939 †

Synonymised names

Micromelania (Scalimelania) Wenz, 1939 † · unaccepted > superseded rank

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Species Scalimelania ptychophora (Brusina, 1897) †

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of Micromelania (Scalimelania) Wenz, 1939 †) Wenz, W. (1938-1944). Gastropoda. Teil 1: Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia. In: Schindewolf, O. H. (Ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6. Bornträger, Berlin, xii + 1639 pp. Lief. 1, pp. 1-240 [March 1938]; 3, pp. 241-480 [October 1938]; 4, pp. 481-720 [July 1939]; 6, pp. 721-960 [August 1940]; 7, pp. 961-1200 [October 1941]; 8, pp. 1201-1506 [October 1943]; 9, pp. 1507-1639, i-xii [August 1944].
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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scalimelania Wenz, 1939 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=820429 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2014-10-30 14:11:28Z

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Neubauer, Thomas A.

2014-11-03 18:54:51Z

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Neubauer, Thomas A.

2022-10-19 06:18:49Z

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Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (2)

original description (of Micromelania (Scalimelania) Wenz, 1939 †) Wenz, W. (1938-1944). Gastropoda. Teil 1: Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia. In: Schindewolf, O. H. (Ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6. Bornträger, Berlin, xii + 1639 pp. Lief. 1, pp. 1-240 [March 1938]; 3, pp. 241-480 [October 1938]; 4, pp. 481-720 [July 1939]; 6, pp. 721-960 [August 1940]; 7, pp. 961-1200 [October 1941]; 8, pp. 1201-1506 [October 1943]; 9, pp. 1507-1639, i-xii [August 1944].
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additional source Kabat, A. R. & Hershler, R. (1993). The prosobranch snail family Hydrobiidae (Gastropoda: Rissooidea): Review of classification and supraspecific taxa. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 547: 1-94., available online at http://si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/bitstream/10088/5560/1/SCtZ-0547-Lo_res.pdf
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