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Pachymelania E. A. Smith, 1893
224757 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224757)
accepted
Genus
Nerita aurita O. F. Müller, 1774 accepted as Pachymelania aurita (O. F. Müller, 1774) (type by typification of replaced name)
Claviger Haldeman, 1842 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Claviger Preyssler, 1790 [Coleoptera]; Vibex, Pachymelania, Hemipirena and Itameta are replacement names
Hemipirena Rovereto, 1899 · unaccepted
Itameta Ihering, 1909 · unaccepted
Vibex Gray, 1847 · unaccepted (Vibex Gray has consistently been...)
Vibex Gray has consistently been treated as invalid and its junior objective synonym Pachymelania is in current use.
- Species Pachymelania aurita (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Species Pachymelania byronensis (W. Wood, 1828)
- Species Pachymelania fusca (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Pachymelania insculpta (Meek, 1873) †
- Species Pachymelania islamogluae Harzhauser, Hoşgör & Pacaud, 2013 †
- Species Pachymelania kalewana Kotaka & S. Uozumi, 1962 †
- Species Pachymelania penrosei (G. D. Harris, 1895) †
- Species Pachymelania wyomingensis (Meek, 1873) †
recent + fossil
feminine
Smith, E. A. (1873). On the generic name to be applied to the <i>Nerita aurita</i> of Müller and other allied species. <em>The Conchologist.</em> 2 (6): 141-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16073188
page(s): 142 [details]
page(s): 142 [details]
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original description
Smith, E. A. (1873). On the generic name to be applied to the <i>Nerita aurita</i> of Müller and other allied species. <em>The Conchologist.</em> 2 (6): 141-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16073188
page(s): 142 [details]
original description (of Vibex Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 153 [details]
original description (of Claviger Haldeman, 1842) Haldeman S.S. (1842). [Correction]. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 42(1): 216., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15948838 [details]
original description (of Hemipirena Rovereto, 1899) Rovereto G. (1899). Prime ricerche sinonimiche sui generi dei Gasteropodi. <i>Atti della Società Ligustica di Scienze Naturale e Geografiche, Genova 10</i>: 101-110
page(s): 109 [details]
original description (of Itameta Ihering, 1909) Ihering, H. von. (1909). Les mélaniidés américains. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 57(4): 289-316., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27393468
page(s): 297 [details]
basis of record Brown, D. S. (1980). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. Taylor & Francis, London. 1-487. [details]
page(s): 142 [details]
original description (of Vibex Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 153 [details]
original description (of Claviger Haldeman, 1842) Haldeman S.S. (1842). [Correction]. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 42(1): 216., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15948838 [details]
original description (of Hemipirena Rovereto, 1899) Rovereto G. (1899). Prime ricerche sinonimiche sui generi dei Gasteropodi. <i>Atti della Società Ligustica di Scienze Naturale e Geografiche, Genova 10</i>: 101-110
page(s): 109 [details]
original description (of Itameta Ihering, 1909) Ihering, H. von. (1909). Les mélaniidés américains. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 57(4): 289-316., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27393468
page(s): 297 [details]
basis of record Brown, D. S. (1980). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. Taylor & Francis, London. 1-487. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
