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Melacantha Swainson, 1840

874664  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:874664)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Caenogastropoda incertae sedis (Order)
  7. Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
  8. Thiaridae (Family)
  9. Melacantha (Genus)
 unaccepted (objective synonym of Thiara)
Genus
Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Thiara amarula (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 341 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melacantha Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874664 on 2025-04-04
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2016-04-27 17:54:09Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2020-02-06 21:43:01Z
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Köhler, Frank

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original description Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 341 [details] 
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