Traits taxon details
original description
(of Melania buccinoidea Olivier, 1801) Olivier, G.A. (1801). Voyage dans l'Empire Othoman, l'Égypte et la Perse, fait par ordre du Gouvernement, pendant les six premières années de la République. Tome 1. xii pp. + Évaluation (1 pp.) + 432 pp. + Errata (1 pp.); Atlas, 1st livraison: vii pp., pls 1-17. Paris: H. Agasse. Agasse, Paris, 432 pp., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN625322428 page(s): 297, pl. 17 fig. 8 [details]
additional source
Heller, J.; Mordan, P.; Ben-Ami, F.; Sivan, N. (2005). Conchometrics, systematics, and distribution of Melanopsis (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Levant. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 144 (2): 229-260. London [10 June]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00172.x [details] Available for editors
status source
Falniowski, A.; Heller, J.; Cameron, R. A. D.; Pokryszko, B. M.; Osikowski, A.; Rysiewska, A.; Hofman, S. (2020). Melanopsidae (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea) from the eastern Mediterranean: another case of morphostatic speciation. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 190(2): 483-507., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz160 [details] Available for editors
identification resource
Glöer, P. (2019). <i>The freshwater gastropods of the West-Palaearctis</i>. Volume 1. Fresh- and brakish waters except spring and subterranean snails. Identification key, anatomy, ecology, distribution. Published by the author. 399 pp. page(s): 75, fig. 71 [details]
subsequent type designation
Falniowski, A.; Heller, J.; Cameron, R. A. D.; Pokryszko, B. M.; Osikowski, A.; Rysiewska, A.; Hofman, S. (2020). Melanopsidae (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea) from the eastern Mediterranean: another case of morphostatic speciation. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 190(2): 483-507., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz160 page(s): figs 2I-J; note: neotype designation [details] Available for editors
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