MolluscaBase - Geomelania elegans C. B. Adams, 1849

MolluscaBase taxon details

Geomelania elegans C. B. Adams, 1849

AphiaID

1334574 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1334574)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Geomelania L. Pfeiffer, 1845

Original name

Geomelania elegans C. B. Adams, 1849

Synonymised names

Geomelania (Merilliana) elegans C. B. Adams, 1849 · alternative representation

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

Adams, C. B. (1849). Descriptions of supposed new species and varieties of Helicidae from Jamaica. <em>Contributions to Conchology.</em> 2: 17-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13796408
page(s): 18-19 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Jamaica

type locality contained in Jamaica (origin: native) [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Geomelania elegans C. B. Adams, 1849. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1334574 on 2025-03-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-03-18 16:19:47Z

created

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree]

original description Adams, C. B. (1849). Descriptions of supposed new species and varieties of Helicidae from Jamaica. <em>Contributions to Conchology.</em> 2: 17-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13796408
page(s): 18-19 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions