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Melanoides curvicosta (Deshayes, 1835) †
823152 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:823152)
accepted
Species
Melania (Eumelania) etrusca De Stefani, 1880 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania (Striatella) etrusca var. dertopraecedens Sacco, 1895 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania (Striatella) etrusca var. dertostricta Sacco, 1895 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania (Striatella) tuberculata var. costicillatissima Sacco, 1895 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania curvicosta Deshayes, 1835 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Melania curvicosta var. hellenica Bukowski, 1892 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania etrusca De Stefani, 1880 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania gracilicosta F. Sandberger, 1872 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania granulosa Michelotti, 1840 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania hedenborgi Bukowski, 1892 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania lawley Pantanelli, 1877 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania lawleyana [sic] † · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Melania rhodensis Bukowski, 1892 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania rhodensis var. camirensis Bukowski, 1892 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania semigranosa Michelotti, 1840 † · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Melania semigranosa von dem Busch, 1842
Melania verrii De Stefani, 1877 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanoides (Melanoides) curvicosta (Deshayes, 1835) † · unaccepted (subgenus division not in use)
Melanoides (Melanoides) curvicosta costillatissima [sic] † · unaccepted (junior synonym; incorrect...)
junior synonym; incorrect subsequent spelling
Melanoides (Melanoides) curvicosta curvicosta (Deshayes, 1835) † · unaccepted (superseded rank (subspecies...)
superseded rank (subspecies division not in use); subgenus is a synonym
Melanoides (Melanoides) curvicosta dertopraecedens (Sacco, 1895) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanoides (Melanoides) curvicosta dertostricta (Sacco, 1895) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanoides (Melanoides) curvicosta etrusca (De Stefani, 1880) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanoides (Melanoides) curvicosta gracilicosta (F. Sandberger, 1872) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanoides (Melanoides) curvicosta granulosa (Michelotti, 1840) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanoides (Melanoides) curvicosta hellenica (Bukowski, 1892) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanoides (Melanoides) curvicosta semigranosa (Michelotti, 1840) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanoides (Melanoides) hedenborgi (Bukowski, 1892) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanoides (Melanoides) rhodensis (Bukowski, 1892) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanoides (Melanoides) rhodensis camirensis (Bukowski, 1892) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanoides (Melanoides) rhodensis rhodensis (Bukowski, 1892) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melanoides tuberculata curvicosta (Deshayes, 1835) † · unaccepted > superseded rank
Striatella etrusca (De Stefani, 1880) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Striatella etrusca var. dertopraecedens Sacco, 1895 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Striatella etrusca var. dertostricta Sacco, 1895 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Striatella tuberculata var. costicillatissima (Sacco, 1895) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
fossil only
(of Melania curvicosta Deshayes, 1835 †) Deshayes, G. P. (1835). Mollusques. pp. 81-203, iii, pls. 18-28, 1 text fig. In: J.-B.-G.-M. Bory de Saint-Vincent (ed.), <i>Expédition scientifique de Morée. Section des sciences physiques. Tome III (1.re Partie). Zoologie</i>. Paris, F.G. Levrault. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=5_OZq_dzQDgC
page(s): 149, pl. 25, figs 7-9 [details]
page(s): 149, pl. 25, figs 7-9 [details]
Type locality contained in Greece
type locality contained in Greece [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
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original description
(of Melania curvicosta Deshayes, 1835 †) Deshayes, G. P. (1835). Mollusques. pp. 81-203, iii, pls. 18-28, 1 text fig. In: J.-B.-G.-M. Bory de Saint-Vincent (ed.), <i>Expédition scientifique de Morée. Section des sciences physiques. Tome III (1.re Partie). Zoologie</i>. Paris, F.G. Levrault. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=5_OZq_dzQDgC
page(s): 149, pl. 25, figs 7-9 [details]
original description (of Melania curvicosta var. hellenica Bukowski, 1892 †) Bukowski, G.v. (1892). Notiz über die Molluskenfauna der levantinischen Bildungen der Insel Rhodus. Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. 29, 247-250., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6341721
page(s): 248; note: Introduction by indication of an illustration in Fuchs (1877). Not a nomen nudum as considered by Willmann (1981). [details]
original description (of Melania hedenborgi Bukowski, 1892 †) Bukowski, G.v. (1892). Notiz über die Molluskenfauna der levantinischen Bildungen der Insel Rhodus. Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. 29, 247-250., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6341721
page(s): 249 [details]
original description (of Melania rhodensis Bukowski, 1892 †) Bukowski, G.v. (1892). Notiz über die Molluskenfauna der levantinischen Bildungen der Insel Rhodus. Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. 29, 247-250., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6341721
page(s): 249 [details]
original description (of Melania rhodensis var. camirensis Bukowski, 1892 †) Bukowski, G.v. (1892). Notiz über die Molluskenfauna der levantinischen Bildungen der Insel Rhodus. Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. 29, 247-250., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6341721
page(s): 249 [details]
original description (of Melania verrii De Stefani, 1877 †) De Stefani, C. (1877). Molluschi continentali fino ad ora notati in ltalia nei terreni pliocenici, ed ordinamento di questi ultimi. <em>Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali Residente in Pisa.</em> 3(2): 274-325., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34891376
page(s): 315-316, pl. 18, figs 12-14 [details]
original description (of Melania gracilicosta F. Sandberger, 1872 †) Sandberger, C.L.F. (1870-1875). <i>Die Land- und Süßwasser-Conchylien der Vorwelt</i>. C. W. Kreidel, Wiesbaden. [pp. 1-96, pl. 1-12 (1870); pp. 97-160, pl. 13-20 (1871); pp. 161-256, pl. 21-32 (1873); pp. 257-352, pl. 33-36 (1874); pp i-viii, 353-1000 (1875) according to Woodward, 1906]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49567154
page(s): pl. 26, figs 27-27a; note: description on p. 665 appeared in 1875 [details]
original description (of Melania etrusca De Stefani, 1880 †) De Stefani, C. (1880). Molluschi continentali fino ad ora notati in ltalia nei terreni pliocenici, ed ordinamento di questi ultimi (continuazione). Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali Residente in Pisa. 5, 9-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36825211
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Melania granulosa Michelotti, 1840 †) Michelotti, G. (1840). Rivista di alcune specie fossili della famiglia dei gasteropodi. <em>Annali delle Scienze del Regno Lombardo-Veneto.</em> 10: 137-162., available online at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107314981;view=1up;seq=5
page(s): 140 [details]
original description (of Melania semigranosa Michelotti, 1840 †) Michelotti, G. (1840). Rivista di alcune specie fossili della famiglia dei gasteropodi. <em>Annali delle Scienze del Regno Lombardo-Veneto.</em> 10: 137-162., available online at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107314981;view=1up;seq=5
page(s): 140-141 [details]
original description (of Melania lawley Pantanelli, 1877 †) Pantanelli, D. (1877). Regia Accademia dei Fisiocritici. Direzione del Museo di Geologia e Mineralogia. Rapporto annuale 1876. <em>Atti della Regia Accademia dei Fisiocritici, ser. 3.</em> 1 (7), 259-265.
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Melania (Striatella) tuberculata var. costicillatissima Sacco, 1895 †) Sacco, F. (1895). I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XVIII. (Melaniidae, Littorinidae, Fossaridae, Rissoidae, Hydrobiidae, Paludinidae e Valvatidae). Torino: Carlo Clausen. 51 pp., 1 pl. [30 September 1895]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46676
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Melania (Striatella) etrusca var. dertopraecedens Sacco, 1895 †) Sacco, F. (1895). I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XVIII. (Melaniidae, Littorinidae, Fossaridae, Rissoidae, Hydrobiidae, Paludinidae e Valvatidae). Torino: Carlo Clausen. 51 pp., 1 pl. [30 September 1895]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46676
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Melania (Striatella) etrusca var. dertostricta Sacco, 1895 †) Sacco, F. (1895). I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XVIII. (Melaniidae, Littorinidae, Fossaridae, Rissoidae, Hydrobiidae, Paludinidae e Valvatidae). Torino: Carlo Clausen. 51 pp., 1 pl. [30 September 1895]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46676
page(s): 6 [details]
additional source Willmann, R. (1981). Evolution, Systematik und stratigraphische Bedeutung der neogenen Süßwassergastropoden von Rhodos und Kos/Ägäis. Palaeontographica. Abt. A, 174, 10-235.
page(s): 123 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Schütt, H. (1988). Mollusken aus den tertiären Brackwasserschichten von Githion in Lakonia (Griechenland). <em>Geologica et Palaeontologica.</em> 22: 145-155.
page(s): 147 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 149, pl. 25, figs 7-9 [details]
original description (of Melania curvicosta var. hellenica Bukowski, 1892 †) Bukowski, G.v. (1892). Notiz über die Molluskenfauna der levantinischen Bildungen der Insel Rhodus. Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. 29, 247-250., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6341721
page(s): 248; note: Introduction by indication of an illustration in Fuchs (1877). Not a nomen nudum as considered by Willmann (1981). [details]
original description (of Melania hedenborgi Bukowski, 1892 †) Bukowski, G.v. (1892). Notiz über die Molluskenfauna der levantinischen Bildungen der Insel Rhodus. Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. 29, 247-250., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6341721
page(s): 249 [details]
original description (of Melania rhodensis Bukowski, 1892 †) Bukowski, G.v. (1892). Notiz über die Molluskenfauna der levantinischen Bildungen der Insel Rhodus. Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. 29, 247-250., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6341721
page(s): 249 [details]
original description (of Melania rhodensis var. camirensis Bukowski, 1892 †) Bukowski, G.v. (1892). Notiz über die Molluskenfauna der levantinischen Bildungen der Insel Rhodus. Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. 29, 247-250., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6341721
page(s): 249 [details]
original description (of Melania verrii De Stefani, 1877 †) De Stefani, C. (1877). Molluschi continentali fino ad ora notati in ltalia nei terreni pliocenici, ed ordinamento di questi ultimi. <em>Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali Residente in Pisa.</em> 3(2): 274-325., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34891376
page(s): 315-316, pl. 18, figs 12-14 [details]
original description (of Melania gracilicosta F. Sandberger, 1872 †) Sandberger, C.L.F. (1870-1875). <i>Die Land- und Süßwasser-Conchylien der Vorwelt</i>. C. W. Kreidel, Wiesbaden. [pp. 1-96, pl. 1-12 (1870); pp. 97-160, pl. 13-20 (1871); pp. 161-256, pl. 21-32 (1873); pp. 257-352, pl. 33-36 (1874); pp i-viii, 353-1000 (1875) according to Woodward, 1906]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49567154
page(s): pl. 26, figs 27-27a; note: description on p. 665 appeared in 1875 [details]
original description (of Melania etrusca De Stefani, 1880 †) De Stefani, C. (1880). Molluschi continentali fino ad ora notati in ltalia nei terreni pliocenici, ed ordinamento di questi ultimi (continuazione). Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali Residente in Pisa. 5, 9-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36825211
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Melania granulosa Michelotti, 1840 †) Michelotti, G. (1840). Rivista di alcune specie fossili della famiglia dei gasteropodi. <em>Annali delle Scienze del Regno Lombardo-Veneto.</em> 10: 137-162., available online at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107314981;view=1up;seq=5
page(s): 140 [details]
original description (of Melania semigranosa Michelotti, 1840 †) Michelotti, G. (1840). Rivista di alcune specie fossili della famiglia dei gasteropodi. <em>Annali delle Scienze del Regno Lombardo-Veneto.</em> 10: 137-162., available online at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107314981;view=1up;seq=5
page(s): 140-141 [details]
original description (of Melania lawley Pantanelli, 1877 †) Pantanelli, D. (1877). Regia Accademia dei Fisiocritici. Direzione del Museo di Geologia e Mineralogia. Rapporto annuale 1876. <em>Atti della Regia Accademia dei Fisiocritici, ser. 3.</em> 1 (7), 259-265.
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Melania (Striatella) tuberculata var. costicillatissima Sacco, 1895 †) Sacco, F. (1895). I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XVIII. (Melaniidae, Littorinidae, Fossaridae, Rissoidae, Hydrobiidae, Paludinidae e Valvatidae). Torino: Carlo Clausen. 51 pp., 1 pl. [30 September 1895]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46676
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Melania (Striatella) etrusca var. dertopraecedens Sacco, 1895 †) Sacco, F. (1895). I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XVIII. (Melaniidae, Littorinidae, Fossaridae, Rissoidae, Hydrobiidae, Paludinidae e Valvatidae). Torino: Carlo Clausen. 51 pp., 1 pl. [30 September 1895]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46676
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Melania (Striatella) etrusca var. dertostricta Sacco, 1895 †) Sacco, F. (1895). I Molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XVIII. (Melaniidae, Littorinidae, Fossaridae, Rissoidae, Hydrobiidae, Paludinidae e Valvatidae). Torino: Carlo Clausen. 51 pp., 1 pl. [30 September 1895]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46676
page(s): 6 [details]
additional source Willmann, R. (1981). Evolution, Systematik und stratigraphische Bedeutung der neogenen Süßwassergastropoden von Rhodos und Kos/Ägäis. Palaeontographica. Abt. A, 174, 10-235.
page(s): 123 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Schütt, H. (1988). Mollusken aus den tertiären Brackwasserschichten von Githion in Lakonia (Griechenland). <em>Geologica et Palaeontologica.</em> 22: 145-155.
page(s): 147 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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