MolluscaBase - Melania brevior Troschel, 1848

MolluscaBase name details

Melania brevior Troschel, 1848

AphiaID

848313 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:848313)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted Name

Doryssa brevior (Troschel, 1848)

Rank

Species

Typetaxon of

Doryssa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

Parent

Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798

Original name

Melania brevior Troschel, 1848

Environment

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

Original description

Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): Melania, pl. 5, fig. 4 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Guyana

type locality contained in Guyana [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania brevior Troschel, 1848. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=848313 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-05-27 21:17:11Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-03-13 21:05:10Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

Licensing

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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (1)

original description Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): Melania, pl. 5, fig. 4 [details]

basis of record Troschel, F. H. (1848). Mollusca. In: Schomburgk, R. (Ed.). <em>Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-44, Band 3. Versuch einer Flora und Fauna von Britisch-Guiana.</em> 545-551., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35303519
page(s): 550 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality