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Melasma onca (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
874677 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:874677)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Melania (Melasma) onca A. Adams & Angas, 1864 · unaccepted (basionym)
(of Melania onca A. Adams & Angas, 1864) Adams, A. & Angas, G. F. (1864). Descriptions of new species of freshwater shells collected by Mr. F. G.Waterhouse during J. McDonald Stuart's overland journey from Adelaide to the north west coast of Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1863: 414-418., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681768
page(s): 415 [details]
page(s): 415 [details]
Type locality contained in Northern Territory
type locality contained in Northern Territory [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melasma onca (A. Adams & Angas, 1864). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874677 on 2025-09-11
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(of Melania onca A. Adams & Angas, 1864) Adams, A. & Angas, G. F. (1864). Descriptions of new species of freshwater shells collected by Mr. F. G.Waterhouse during J. McDonald Stuart's overland journey from Adelaide to the north west coast of Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1863: 414-418., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681768
page(s): 415 [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]
page(s): 415 [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Glaubrecht et al. (2009) accepted Melasma as distinct genus unaware that Cossman's (1909) type designation rendered it a junior synonym of Elimia. Earlier, the species was placed in Sermylasma by Iredale (1943), which is a junior synonym of Sermyla. [details]
