MolluscaBase taxon details
Brotia herculea (A. A. Gould, 1846)
1057844 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1057844)
accepted
Species
Melania (Melanoides) herculea A. A. Gould, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Melania (Melanoides) reevei Brot, 1862 · unaccepted
Melania (Melanoides) reevei var. imbricata Hanley & Theobald, 1876 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania (Melanoides) reevei var. lanceolata G. Nevill, 1885 · unaccepted (original combination)
Melania (Melanoides) reevei var. soliduscula G. Nevill, 1885 · unaccepted (original combination)
Melania (Melanoides) tourannensis sensu G. Nevill, 1885 · unaccepted > misapplication (not Souleyet, 1852)
Melania (Melanoides) tourannensis var. beddomeana G. Nevill, 1885 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania (Melanoides) tourannensis var. compacta G. Nevill, 1885 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania balteata Reeve, 1860 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Melania balteata Philippi, 1851
Melania gloriosa J. G. Anthony, 1865 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania herculea A. A. Gould, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Melania peguensis Hanley & Theobald, 1876 · unaccepted (invalid: unnecessary replacement...)
invalid: unnecessary replacement name for Melania gloriosa Anthony, 1865
Melania reevei Brot, 1862 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melania reevei var. imbricata Hanley & Theobald, 1876 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania reevei var. lanceolata G. Nevill, 1885 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania reevei var. soliduscula G. Nevill, 1885 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania tourannensis var. beddomeana G. Nevill, 1885 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania tourannensis var. compacta G. Nevill, 1885 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Melania compacta Anthony, 1854
recent only
(of Melania herculea A. A. Gould, 1846) Gould, A. A. (1846). On new shells from Tavoy, in Burmah. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 98-100., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490782
page(s): 100. [details]
page(s): 100. [details]
Lectotype (of Melania gloriosa J. G. Anthony, 1865)...
Lectotype (of Melania gloriosa J. G. Anthony, 1865) ANSP 26363, geounit Burma [details]
Lectotype (of Melania herculea A. A. Gould, 1846) MCZ 169436, geounit Burma [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Brotia herculea (A. A. Gould, 1846). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1057844 on 2026-08-28
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original description
(of Melania reevei Brot, 1862) Brot, A. (1862). Matériaux pour servir a l'étude de la famille des Mélaniens. I. Catalogue systématique des espéces qui composent la famille des Mélaniens. Vol. 1. Jules-Guillaume Fick, Genève. 1-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12114511
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Melania herculea A. A. Gould, 1846) Gould, A. A. (1846). On new shells from Tavoy, in Burmah. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 98-100., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490782
page(s): 100. [details]
original description (of Melania reevei var. imbricata Hanley & Theobald, 1876) Hanley, S. C. & Theobald, W. (1870-1876). Conchologia indica, being illustrations of the land and freshwater shells of British India. L. Reeve & Co., London, CLX + 65 pp. [Dates of publication (fide Prashad. 1927): pp. 1-18, pls, 1-40 (1870); pp. 19-28, pis. 41-60 (1872); pp. 29-34. pis. 61-80(1873); pp. 35-48,pls. 81-120(1874); pp. 49-56, pis. 121-140(1875); pp. xviii + 57-65. pis. 141-160 (1876)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46204402
page(s): 61, pl. CLIII, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) reevei var. lanceolata G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill, G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 248-249 [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) reevei var. soliduscula G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill, G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 249 [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) tourannensis sensu G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill, G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 250 [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) tourannensis var. beddomeana G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill, G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 251 [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) tourannensis var. compacta G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill, G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 250-251 [details]
original description (of Melania balteata Reeve, 1860) Reeve, L. A. (1859-1861). Monograph of the genus <i>Melania</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 12, pls 1-59 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1861; pls 2-9, November 1859; pls 10-17, December 1859; pls 18-25, 28-29, January 1860; pls 26-27, 30, February 1860; pls 31-33, May 1860; pls 34-45, September 1860; pls 46-47, November 1860; pls 48-49, December 1860, pls 50-51, March 1861; pls 52-53, April 1861; pls 54-59, May 1861]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11125701
page(s): pl. 20,species 144 [details]
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Melania herculea A. A. Gould, 1846) Gould, A. A. (1846). On new shells from Tavoy, in Burmah. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 98-100., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490782
page(s): 100. [details]
original description (of Melania reevei var. imbricata Hanley & Theobald, 1876) Hanley, S. C. & Theobald, W. (1870-1876). Conchologia indica, being illustrations of the land and freshwater shells of British India. L. Reeve & Co., London, CLX + 65 pp. [Dates of publication (fide Prashad. 1927): pp. 1-18, pls, 1-40 (1870); pp. 19-28, pis. 41-60 (1872); pp. 29-34. pis. 61-80(1873); pp. 35-48,pls. 81-120(1874); pp. 49-56, pis. 121-140(1875); pp. xviii + 57-65. pis. 141-160 (1876)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46204402
page(s): 61, pl. CLIII, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) reevei var. lanceolata G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill, G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 248-249 [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) reevei var. soliduscula G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill, G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 249 [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) tourannensis sensu G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill, G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 250 [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) tourannensis var. beddomeana G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill, G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 251 [details]
original description (of Melania (Melanoides) tourannensis var. compacta G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill, G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 250-251 [details]
original description (of Melania balteata Reeve, 1860) Reeve, L. A. (1859-1861). Monograph of the genus <i>Melania</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 12, pls 1-59 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1861; pls 2-9, November 1859; pls 10-17, December 1859; pls 18-25, 28-29, January 1860; pls 26-27, 30, February 1860; pls 31-33, May 1860; pls 34-45, September 1860; pls 46-47, November 1860; pls 48-49, December 1860, pls 50-51, March 1861; pls 52-53, April 1861; pls 54-59, May 1861]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11125701
page(s): pl. 20,species 144 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype (of Melania gloriosa J. G. Anthony, 1865) ANSP 26363, geounit Burma [details]
Lectotype (of Melania herculea A. A. Gould, 1846) MCZ 169436, geounit Burma [details]
