original description
(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]
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]