MolluscaBase name details
Melania vetusta Conrad, 1833 †
1472725 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1472725)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Conrad, T. A. (1832-1833). Fossil shells of the Tertiary formations of North America, illustrated by figures drawn on stone from nature. Philadelphia: Judah Dobson, W. P. Gibbons, Printer. Vol. 1(1): pp. [i]-viii + 9-20, pls 1-6 [1832]; Vol. 1(2): pp. 21-28, pls 7-14 [December 1832]; Vol. 1(3): pp. 29-38, no plates [August 1833]; Vol. 1(4): pp. 39-46, pls 15-20. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23521363
page(s): 35 [details]
page(s): 35 [details]
Type locality contained in Alabama
type locality contained in Alabama [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melania vetusta Conrad, 1833 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1472725 on 2025-07-06
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Conrad, T. A. (1832-1833). Fossil shells of the Tertiary formations of North America, illustrated by figures drawn on stone from nature. Philadelphia: Judah Dobson, W. P. Gibbons, Printer. Vol. 1(1): pp. [i]-viii + 9-20, pls 1-6 [1832]; Vol. 1(2): pp. 21-28, pls 7-14 [December 1832]; Vol. 1(3): pp. 29-38, no plates [August 1833]; Vol. 1(4): pp. 39-46, pls 15-20. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23521363
page(s): 35 [details]
additional source Harris, G. D. (1893). Republication of Conrad's Fossil Shells of the Tertiary Formations of North America. 121 pp., 20 pls., Rufus H. Darby, Washington.
page(s): p. 40, pl. 15, fig. 13. [details]
page(s): 35 [details]
additional source Harris, G. D. (1893). Republication of Conrad's Fossil Shells of the Tertiary Formations of North America. 121 pp., 20 pls., Rufus H. Darby, Washington.
page(s): p. 40, pl. 15, fig. 13. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
