original description
(of Melania variabilis W. H. Benson, 1836) Benson, W. H. (1836). Descriptive catalogue of a collection of land and fresh-water shells, chiefly contained in the Museum of the Asiatic Society. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 5(59): 741–750., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188918
page(s): 746 [details]
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(of Melania costula Rafinesque, 1833) Rafinesque, C. S. (1833). On 5 new fresh water shells, of Bengal and Assam in Asia. <em>Atlantic Journal and Friend of Knowledge.</em> 5: 165−170., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54260851
page(s): 166 [details]
original description
(of Melania carolinae J. E. Gray, 1833) Griffith E. & Pidgeon E. (1833-1834). The Mollusca and Radiata. Vol. 12, In: E. Griffith, [1824]−1835, The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, [...]. London: Whittaker and Co., viii + 601 pp., 61 pls. [Date of publication after Evenhuis (2009): pp. 1-384, Mollusca pls. 1−39, Zoophytes pls 1-20 - 1833; pp. viii + 385-601, Mollusca corrected pls. 28*, 36*, 37*, pls. 40-41 - 1834]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40578
page(s): pl. 13, fig. 3 [legend] [details]
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(of Melania plicata I. Lea, 1838) Lea, I. (1838). Description of new freshwater and land shells. <em>Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.</em> new ser., 6: 1-154, plates 1-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26881423
page(s): 20, pl. 23, fig. 95 [details]
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(of Melania varicosa Troschel, 1837) Troschel, F. H. (1837). Neue Süßwasser-Conchylien aus dem Ganges. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 3: 166–182., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13477892
page(s): 174 [details]
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(of Melania hainesiana I. Lea, 1857) Lea, I. (1857). Description of fifteen new species of exotic Melaniana. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8(4): 144-145 [dated as 1856 by Scudder (1885: 71) but earliest acknowledged receipt documented by Fox (1913: xi) was 25 April 1857]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935199
page(s): 144 [details]
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(of Melania indica Souleyet, 1852) Eydoux, J. F. T. & Souleyet, L. F. A. (1852). Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite commandée par M. Vaillant. Zoologie, Tome Deuxième. <em>Zoologie. Bertrand, Paris.</em> 664 pp., Paris (Arthus Bertrand)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28264738
page(s): pl. 31, fig. 12 [details]
original description
(of Melania meukiana I. Lea, 1843) Lea, I. (1843). On fresh water shells (continuation) [sixteen new species of the family Melanianae]. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 2(24): 241-243 [on or before 3 January 1843, teste Scudder (1885: 41)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34521669
page(s): 242 [details]
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(of Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. pseudospinosa 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): 258; note: Figure provided G. Nevill (1881) pl. 6, fig. 17 (nomen nudum). [details]
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(of Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. semilaevigata 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): 254 [details]
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(of Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. subspinosa 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): 253; note: Listed as a subvariety [details]
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(of Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. subtuberculata 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): 252-253; note: Described as a subvariety. [details]
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(of Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. subvaricosa 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): 253-254 [details]
original description
(of Melania menkeana 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): 260 [details]
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(of Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. microstoma 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): 261; note: Described as a subvariety. [details]
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(of Melania (Melanoides) soloensis K. Martin, 1905 †) Martin K. (1895-1906). Die Fossilien von Java auf grund einer Sammlung von Dr. R. D. M. Verbeek. I. Band. Gasteropoda. <em>Sammlungen des Geologischen Reichs-Museums in Leiden.</em> new ser., 1: 1-132, pls 1-20 [1895]; 133-220, pls 21-33 [1899]; 221-281, pls 34-41 [1905]; 282-332, pls 42-45 [1906]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42306724
page(s): 237-238, pl. 36, figs 563, 564 [details]
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(of Acrostoma variabile var. pseudospinosa Prashad, 1921) Prashad B. (1921). Report on a collection of Sumatran molluscs from fresh and brackish water. <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 22: 461-507., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11202042
page(s): 488 [details]
basis of record
Köhler, F.; Glaubrecht, M. (2001). Toward a systematic revision of the southeast Asian freshwater gastropod <i>Brotia</i> H. Adams, 1866 (Cerithioidea: Pachychylidae): An account of species from around the South China Sea. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 67: 281-318. [details]
basis of record
Köhler, F.; Glaubrecht, M. (2006). A systematic revision of the southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae). <em>Malacologia.</em> 48(1−2): 159−251., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13115602
page(s): 176 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Dey, A., Barua, S. & Mitra, S. C. (1985). Namdapha Biosphere Reserve: Mollusca. <em>Records of the Zoological Survey of India.</em> 82(1-4): 263-274., available online at https://recordsofzsi.com/index.php/zsoi/article/view/161301/111103
page(s): 270 [details]
Lectotype (of Melania spinosa Hanley, 1854) NHMUK 1907.10.28.79, geounit Bangladesh [details]
Lectotype (of Melania variabilis W. H. Benson, 1836) NHMUK 1872.12.2.2, geounit India [details]
Lectotype (of Melania carolinae J. E. Gray, 1833) NHMUK 1874. 10.12.11/1, geounit India [details]
Lectotype (of Melania varicosa Troschel, 1837) ZMB 2.226a, geounit India [details]
Syntype (of Melania indica Souleyet, 1852) MNHN, geounit India [details]
Syntype (of Melania plicata I. Lea, 1838) NHMUK, geounit Burma [details]
Syntype (of Melania hainesiana I. Lea, 1857) USNM 119741, geounit India [details]
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