MolluscaBase - Melania queenslandica E. A. Smith, 1882

MolluscaBase name details

Melania queenslandica E. A. Smith, 1882

AphiaID

821628 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:821628)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted name

Ripalania queenslandica (E. A. Smith, 1882)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Ripalania Iredale, 1943

Parent

Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798

Original name

Melania queenslandica E. A. Smith, 1882

Environment

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

Original description

Smith, E. A. (1882). On the freshwater shells of Australia. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society London, Zoology.</em> 16 (92): 255-316., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982496
page(s): 261, pl. 5, fig. 11. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Queensland

type locality contained in Queensland [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania queenslandica E. A. Smith, 1882. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=821628 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-11-04 01:20:16Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (1)

original description Smith, E. A. (1882). On the freshwater shells of Australia. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society London, Zoology.</em> 16 (92): 255-316., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982496
page(s): 261, pl. 5, fig. 11. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality