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Melania Lamarck, 1799

205560  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205560)

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  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Caenogastropoda incertae sedis (Order)
  7. Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
  8. Thiaridae (Family)
  9. Melania (Genus)
 unaccepted (objective synonym of Thiara)
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  1. Subgenus Melania (Balanocochlis) P. Fischer, 1885 accepted as Balanocochlis P. Fischer, 1885 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    1. Species Melania (Balanocochlis) propatula Sacco, 1886 † accepted as Amphimelania patula propatula (Sacco, 1886) † accepted as Holandriana patula propatula (Sacco, 1886) † (superseded rank and combination)
  2. Subgenus Melania (Brotia) H. Adams, 1866 accepted as Brotia H. Adams, 1866
    1. Species Melania (Brotia) vasarhelyi [sic] † accepted as Tinnyea vasarhelyii Hantken, 1887 † (incorrect subsequent spelling; superseded combination)
  3. Subgenus Melania (Eumelania) Rovereto, 1899 accepted as Melanoides Olivier, 1804 (invalid: unnecessary nom. nov. pro Striatella Brot, 1870, by Rovereto treated as a junior homonym of Striatella Agardh, 1832, which is a diatom and thus does not compete in homonymy)
    1. Species Melania (Eumelania) aquitanica Noulet, 1846 † accepted as Tinnyea aquitanica (Noulet, 1846) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    2. Species Melania (Eumelania) etrusca De Stefani, 1880 † accepted as Melanoides curvicosta (Deshayes, 1835) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  4. Subgenus Melania (Melanoides) Olivier, 1804 accepted as Melanoides Olivier, 1804 (subgenus level not accepted)
    1. Species Melania (Melanoides) vasarhelyii (Hantken, 1887) † accepted as Tinnyea vasarhelyii Hantken, 1887 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  5. Subgenus Melania (Striatella) Brot, 1870 accepted as Melanoides Olivier, 1804 (junior synonym)
    1. Species Melania (Striatella) castrepiscopalensis Almera, 1894 † accepted as Melanoides (Melanoides) castrepiscopalensis (Almera, 1894) † accepted as Melanoides castrepiscopalensis (Almera, 1894) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  6. Species Melania abchasica Seninski, 1905 † accepted as Tinnyea abchasica (Seninski, 1905) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  7. Species Melania andrusovi Seninski, 1905 † accepted as Tinnyea andrusovi (Seninski, 1905) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  8. Species Melania applanata T. Fuchs, 1873 † accepted as Micromelania applanata (T. Fuchs, 1873) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  9. Species Melania aquitanica Noulet, 1846 † accepted as Tinnyea aquitanica (Noulet, 1846) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  10. Species Melania auingeri Handmann, 1882 † accepted as Tinnyea escheri (Merian, 1849) † accepted as Tinnyea lauraea (Matheron, 1843) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  11. Species Melania bulimoides Klein, 1846 † accepted as Galba bulimoides (Klein, 1846) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  12. Species Melania carica Oppenheim, 1919 † accepted as Melanoides tuberculata dadiana (Oppenheim, 1919) † (subjective synonym)
  13. Species Melania catalaunica Almera & Bofill y Poch, 1895 † accepted as Melanoides (Melanoides) catalaunica (Almera & Bofill y Poch, 1895) † accepted as Melanoides catalaunica (Almera & Bofill y Poch, 1895) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  14. Species Melania costata Olivier, 1804 accepted as Melanopsis costata (Olivier, 1804) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  15. Species Melania curvicosta Deshayes, 1835 † accepted as Melanoides curvicosta (Deshayes, 1835) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  16. Species Melania dadiana Oppenheim, 1919 † accepted as Melanoides tuberculata dadiana (Oppenheim, 1919) † (superseded rank and combination)
  17. Species Melania destefani Pantanelli, 1877 † accepted as Micromelania destefani (Pantanelli, 1877) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  18. Species Melania elegans T. Fuchs, 1877 † accepted as Goniochilus graecus (Wenz, 1919) † (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Melania elegans Benson, 1836; Micromelania graeca is a replacement name)
  19. Species Melania elongatissima Pantanelli, 1877 † accepted as Micromelania elongatissima (Pantanelli, 1877) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  20. Species Melania escheri Merian, 1849 † accepted as Tinnyea lauraea (Matheron, 1843) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  21. Species Melania etrusca De Stefani, 1880 † accepted as Melanoides curvicosta (Deshayes, 1835) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  22. Species Melania fossariformis Tournouër, 1879 † accepted as Amphimelania fossariformis (Tournouër, 1879) † accepted as Holandriana fossariformis (Tournouër, 1879) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  23. Species Melania fuchsii R. Hoernes, 1874 † accepted as Odostomia fuchsii (R. Hoernes, 1874) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  24. Species Melania gaji Brusina, 1878 † accepted as Holandriana gaji (Brusina, 1878) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  25. Species Melania granulosa Michelotti, 1840 † accepted as Melanoides curvicosta (Deshayes, 1835) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  26. Species Melania grossecostata Klein, 1852 † accepted as Tinnyea lauraea (Matheron, 1843) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  27. Species Melania hamiltoniana E. Forbes, 1845 † accepted as Prososthenia hamiltoniana (E. Forbes, 1845) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  28. Species Melania heberti Hermite, 1879 † accepted as Melanoides (Melanoides) heberti (Hermite, 1879) † accepted as Melanoides heberti (Hermite, 1879) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  29. Species Melania hedenborgi Bukowski, 1892 † accepted as Melanoides tuberculata curvicosta (Deshayes, 1835) † accepted as Melanoides curvicosta (Deshayes, 1835) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  30. Species Melania hellespontica Calvert & Neumayr, 1880 † accepted as Palaeotaia hellespontica (Calvert & Neumayr, 1880) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  31. Species Melania inaspecta T. Fuchs, 1870 † accepted as Microbeliscus inaspectus (T. Fuchs, 1870) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  32. Species Melania lauraea Matheron, 1843 † accepted as Tinnyea lauraea (Matheron, 1843) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  33. Species Melania letochae T. Fuchs, 1873 † accepted as Micromelania letochae (T. Fuchs, 1873) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  34. Species Melania lusitanica Roman, 1907 † accepted as Melanoides lusitanica (Roman, 1907) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, tentative superseded combination)
  35. Species Melania macedonica Burgerstein, 1877 † accepted as Amphimelania macedonica (Burgerstein, 1877) † accepted as Holandriana macedonica (Burgerstein, 1877) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  36. Species Melania oblonga Bronn, 1831 † accepted as Prososthenia oblonga (Bronn, 1831) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  37. Species Melania obsoleta Łomnicki, 1886 † accepted as Tinnyea obsoleta (Łomnicki, 1886) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  38. Species Melania ovata Bronn, 1831 † accepted as Prososthenia ovata (Bronn, 1831) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  39. Species Melania pecchiolii M. Hörnes, 1856 † accepted as Holandriana pecchiolii (M. Hörnes, 1856) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  40. Species Melania pilari Neumayr, 1880 † accepted as Tinnyea pilari (Neumayr, 1880) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  41. Species Melania rhodensis Bukowski, 1892 † accepted as Melanoides tuberculata curvicosta (Deshayes, 1835) † accepted as Melanoides curvicosta (Deshayes, 1835) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  42. Species Melania ricinus Neumayr, 1875 † accepted as Amphimelania ricinus (Neumayr, 1875) † accepted as Holandriana ricinus (Neumayr, 1875) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  43. Species Melania semigranosa Michelotti, 1840 † accepted as Melanoides curvicosta (Deshayes, 1835) † (invalid: junior homonym of Melania semigranosa von dem Busch, 1842)
  44. Species Melania serbica Živković, 1893 † accepted as Amphimelania serbica (Živković, 1893) † accepted as Holandriana serbica (Živković, 1893) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  45. Species Melania subotici Brusina, 1902 † accepted as Tinnyea subotici (Brusina, 1902) † ("escheri-species flock" to be revised: M. escheri is a nomen nudum, first available name is M. lauraea Matheron, 1843; new combination after Harzhauser et al. (2002); we follow Kowalke (2004) who separates taxa on species level)
  46. Species Melania suturata T. Fuchs, 1873 † accepted as Sarmata frauenfeldi suturata (T. Fuchs, 1873) † (superseded rank and combination)
  47. Species Melania tournoueri T. Fuchs, 1877 † accepted as Melanoides tournoueri (T. Fuchs, 1877) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  48. Species Melania turbinelloides T. Fuchs, 1870 † accepted as Microbeliscus turbinelloides (T. Fuchs, 1870) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  49. Species Melania turrita Klein, 1846 † accepted as Tinnyea lauraea (Matheron, 1843) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  50. Species Melania verbasensis Neumayr, 1883 † accepted as Tinnyea verbasensis (Neumayr, 1883) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  51. Species Melania verrii De Stefani, 1877 † accepted as Melanoides (Melanoides) curvicosta (Deshayes, 1835) † accepted as Melanoides curvicosta (Deshayes, 1835) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  52. Species Melania viquesneli Pavlović, 1903 † accepted as Tinnyea viquesneli (Pavlović, 1903) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  53. Species Melania wetzleri Dunker, 1848 † accepted as Tinnyea wetzleri (Dunker, 1848) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  54. Species Melania anomala H. M. Jenkins, 1864 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  55. Species Melania badensis Handmann, 1889 † (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  56. Species Melania elegans Handmann, 1882 † (uncertain > nomen dubium, invalid: junior homonym of M. elegans Benson, 1836)
  57. Species Melania immutata Handmann, 1882 † (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  58. Species Melania sansaniensis Noulet, 1854 † (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 75 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: Neubauer, T.A.; Harzhauser, M.; Kroh, A.; Georgopoulou, E.; Mandic, O. (2014) Freshwater Gastropods of the European Neogene database (FreshGEN) at: http://www.marinespecies.org/freshgen/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205560 on 2024-11-24
Neubauer, T.A.; Harzhauser, M.; Kroh, A.; Georgopoulou, E.; Mandic, O. (2014). Freshwater Gastropods of the European Neogene database (FreshGEN). Melania Lamarck, 1799. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/freshgen/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205560 on 2024-11-24
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2000-10-10 09:09:28Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-04-02 19:01:32Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2016-04-27 17:54:09Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2018-02-08 14:50:37Z
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Köhler, Frank

original description Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 75 [details] 

basis of record Benson, W. H. (1830). Description of the animal of <i>Melania</i>, a genus of fluviatile Testacea; with remarks on its habits, and the characters of five species inhabiting the fresh waters of the Gangetic provinces. <em>Gleanings in Science.</em> 2: 21-23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51583203 [details] 
 
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