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Melania quadrilineata J. De C. Sowerby, 1840 †
1516482 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1516482)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
fossil only
Sowerby, J. De C. (1840). Organic remains collected by Mr. Malcolmson and described by Mr. James de Carle Sowerby. In: Malcolmson, J.G. On the Fossils of the Eastern Portion of the Great Basaltic District of India. <em>Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2.</em> 5(3): 550-551, pl. 47., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36236116
page(s): pl. 47, figs 17-19 [details]
page(s): pl. 47, figs 17-19 [details]
Lectotype BMNH PIMG 1249
, Type locality contained in Maharashtra , Note "Chicknee" [= Chikni, c. 100 km S of Nagpur],...
Lectotype BMNH PIMG 1249 [details]
type locality contained in Maharashtra [details]
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Type locality "Chicknee" [= Chikni, c. 100 km S of Nagpur], India [details]
Status Classification uncertain - the genus Melania is invalid and a synonym of Thiara. It is unlikely, however, that the...
Status Classification uncertain - the genus Melania is invalid and a synonym of Thiara. It is unlikely, however, that the Cretaceous species belongs in this extant genus. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania quadrilineata J. de C. Sowerby, 1840 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1516482 on 2024-04-20
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Sowerby, J. De C. (1840). Organic remains collected by Mr. Malcolmson and described by Mr. James de Carle Sowerby. In: Malcolmson, J.G. On the Fossils of the Eastern Portion of the Great Basaltic District of India. <em>Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2.</em> 5(3): 550-551, pl. 47., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36236116
page(s): pl. 47, figs 17-19 [details]
additional source Hartman, J. H.; Erickson, D. N.; Bakken, A. (2008). Stephen Hislop and his 1860 Cretaceous continental molluscan new species descriptions in Latin from the Deccan Plateau, India. <em>Palaeontology.</em> 51(6): 1225-1252., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00807.x [details] Available for editors
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page(s): pl. 47, figs 17-19 [details]
additional source Hartman, J. H.; Erickson, D. N.; Bakken, A. (2008). Stephen Hislop and his 1860 Cretaceous continental molluscan new species descriptions in Latin from the Deccan Plateau, India. <em>Palaeontology.</em> 51(6): 1225-1252., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00807.x [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype BMNH PIMG 1249 [details]
