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Melanoides lusitanica (Roman, 1907) †
823640 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:823640)
accepted
Species
Melania lusitanica Roman, 1907 † · unaccepted > superseded combination (tentative superseded combination)
fossil only
(of Melania lusitanica Roman, 1907 †) Roman, F. (1907). 1re partie - Paléontologie. 1-88. <em>In: Roman, F., Torres, A. Le Néogène continental dans la basse vallée du Tage (rive droite).</em> Imprimerie de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, Lisbonne.
page(s): 85-86, pl. 1, figs 28, 29, textfig. 10 [details]
page(s): 85-86, pl. 1, figs 28, 29, textfig. 10 [details]
Type locality contained in Portugal
type locality contained in Portugal [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanoides lusitanica (Roman, 1907) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=823640 on 2025-09-11
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(of Melania lusitanica Roman, 1907 †) Roman, F. (1907). 1re partie - Paléontologie. 1-88. <em>In: Roman, F., Torres, A. Le Néogène continental dans la basse vallée du Tage (rive droite).</em> Imprimerie de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, Lisbonne.
page(s): 85-86, pl. 1, figs 28, 29, textfig. 10 [details]
page(s): 85-86, pl. 1, figs 28, 29, textfig. 10 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Classification This species was overlooked by Wenz (1923-1930) in his Fossilium Catalogus. Melania is a junior objective synonym of Thiara. The new combination is uncertain and established here and needs revision. [details]
