World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) - Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

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Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Melania inhambanica Syntype ZMB 2208

AphiaID

225694 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225694)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Melanoides Olivier, 1804

Original name

Nerita tuberculata O. F. Müller, 1774

Synonymised names

Malanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) · unaccepted (genus misspelt)

Melania (Melanoides) tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) · alternative representation

Melania (Stenomelania) rustica Mousson, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania (Striatella) tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) · alternative representation

Melania (Striatella) tuberculata var. flavida G. Nevill, 1885 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania (Striatella) tuberculata var. luteomarginata G. Nevill, 1885 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania (Striatella) woodwardi K. Martin, 1905 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania assavaensis Mousson, 1865 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Melania assavaensis var. desulcata Mousson, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original name)

Melania baldwini Ancey, 1899 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania beryllina Brot, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania cancellata Say, 1829 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania commersoni Morelet, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania distinguenda Brot, 1876 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania dominula Tapparone Canefri, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania exusta Reeve, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania flammigera Dunker, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania floricoma Reeve, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania flyensis Tapparone Canefri, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania gracilina A. Gould, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania inhambanica E. von Martens, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania javanica Brot, 1877 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania judaica J. R. Roth, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania layardi Dohrn, 1858 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania lentiginosa var. nymphula Westerlund, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania malayana Brot, 1877 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania mauriciae R. P. Lesson, 1831 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania moesta Hinds, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania nicobarica Tapparone Canefri, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania ornata von dem Busch, 1842 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid, not Michaud, 1828)

Melania pellicens Tapparone Canefri, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania punctulata Reeve, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania pyramis W. H. Benson, 1837 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania rivularis R. A. Philippi, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania rodericensis E. A. Smith, 1876 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania rothiana Mousson, 1861 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania rubropunctata Tristram, 1865 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania scalariformis Tenison Woods, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania singularis Tapparone Canefri, 1877 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania suturalis R. A. Philippi, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania tamsii Dunker, 1845 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania terebra R. P. Lesson, 1831 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania tigrina T. Hutton, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania timorensis Reeve, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (suspected synonym)

Melania trunculata Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Melania tuberculata var. angularis E. von Martens, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (suspected synonym)

Melania tuberculata var. assavaensis Mousson, 1865 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original name)

Melania tuberculata var. malayana Issel, 1874 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania tuberculata var. plicifera Mousson, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania tuberculata var. seminuda E. von Martens, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (suspected synonym)

Melania tuberculata var. victoriae Dautzenberg, 1908 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: preoccupied by Melania...)

invalid: preoccupied by Melania victoriae Dohrn, 1865

Melania turriculus I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania virgula Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania virgulata A. Férussac, 1827 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania waigiensis Brot, 1874 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania wilkinsonii Tenison Woods, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melania zengana Morelet, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melanoides (Melanoides) tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) · alternative representation

Melanoides (Melanoides) tuberculatus [sic] · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet

Melanoides fasciolata Olivier, 1804 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melanoides flavidus (G. Nevill, 1885) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melanoides pyramis (W. H. Benson, 1836) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melanoides pyramis var. flavida (G. Nevill, 1885) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melanoides pyramis var. leopardina Annandale & Prashad, 1919 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melanoides pyramis var. luteomarginata (G. Nevill, 1885) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melanoides pyramis var. puteicola Annandale & Prashad, 1919 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melanoides terebra (R. P. Lesson, 1831) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melanoides tigrina (T. Hutton, 1850) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Melanoides tuberculata var. dautzenbergi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (replacement name for Melania...)

replacement name for Melania tuberculata var. victoriae Dautzenberg, 1908

Melanoides tuberculatus (O. F. Müller, 1774) · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet

Nerita tuberculata O. F. Müller, 1774 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Striatella tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) · unaccepted > superseded combination (Striatella is a junior synonym of...)

Striatella is a junior synonym of Melanoides

Thiara baldwini (Ancey, 1899) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Thiara rodericensis (E. A. Smith, 1876) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Thiara tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Turritella tuberculata Link, 1807 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Turritella turricula Link, 1807 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Subspecies Melanoides tuberculata dadiana (Oppenheim, 1919) †
Subspecies Melanoides tuberculata destefanii (Magrograssi, 1928) † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, junior homonym of Melania destefani Pantanelli, 1877)
Subspecies Melanoides tuberculata monolithica (Bukowski, 1892) †
Subspecies Melanoides tuberculata tegalensis (Oostingh, 1935) †
Subspecies Melanoides tuberculata tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Subspecies Melanoides tuberculata curvicosta (Deshayes, 1835) † accepted as Melanoides curvicosta (Deshayes, 1835) † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Variety Melanoides tuberculata var. dautzenbergi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 accepted as Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, replacement name for Melania tuberculata var. victoriae Dautzenberg, 1908)
Subspecies Melanoides tuberculata moussoni Clench, 1927 (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Nerita tuberculata O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. vol 2. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Mölleriana. I-XXXVI, 1-214 pp, 10 unnumbered pages. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715
page(s): 191 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225694 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

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original description (of Melanoides fasciolata Olivier, 1804) Olivier, G.A. (1804). Voyage dans l'Empire Othoman, l'Égypte et la Perse, fair par ordre du Gouvernement, pendant les six premières années de la République. Tome second, ii pp. + 466 pp. + Errata (1 pp.); Atlas, 2d livraison: vii pp., pl. 18-32. Paris (H. Agasse)., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN625322681&DMDID=&LOGID=LOG_0005&PHYSID=PHYS_0008
page(s): 2: 40 [4to edition]; 3: 69 [8vo edition]; pl. 31 fig. 7 [details]

original description (of Turritella tuberculata Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 3:138 [details]

original description (of Turritella turricula Link, 1807) Link, D. H. F. (1806-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1, pp. 1-50 [1806]; 2, pp. 51-100 [1807]; 3, pp. 101-165 [1807]; 4, pp. 1-30 [1807]; 5, pp. 1-38 [1808]; 6, pp. 1-38 [1808]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43301237
page(s): 3:138 [details]

original description (of Melania rodericensis E. A. Smith, 1876) Smith, E. A. (1876). Diagnoses of new species of Mollusca and Echinodermata from the Island of Rodriguez. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 4, 17:404-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19267306
page(s): 404. [details]

original description (of Nerita tuberculata O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. vol 2. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Mölleriana. I-XXXVI, 1-214 pp, 10 unnumbered pages. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715
page(s): 191 [details]

original description (of Melania tuberculata var. victoriae Dautzenberg, 1908) Dautzenberg P. (1908). Récolte malacologique de M. Ch. Alluaud en Afrique Orientale (1903-1904). Journal de Conchyliologie. 56: 1-34, plates 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16297969
page(s): 23, pl. 2, figs 4, 5. [details]

original description (of Melanoides tuberculata var. dautzenbergi Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) Pilsbry, H. A. & Bequaert, J. C. (1927). The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo: with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 53: 69-602., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/975
page(s): 257 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Melania rivularis R. A. Philippi, 1847) 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): 171, pl. 4, fig. 6 [details]

original description (of Melania suturalis R. A. Philippi, 1847) 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): vol. 2, 173, pl. 4, fig. 17 [details]

original description (of Melania ornata von dem Busch, 1842) 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): 4, pl. 1, figs 15-16 [details]

original description (of Melania flammigera Dunker, 1844) 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): 163, pl. 3, fig. 11 [details]

original description (of Melania turriculus I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) Lea, I.; Lea, H. C. (1851). Description of a new genus of the family Melaniana, and of many new species of the genus Melania, chiefly collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., during his zoological voyage in the East , and now first described. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 18: 179-197 [28 February 1851, teste Duncan (1937:81)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12858889
page(s): 190 [details]

original description (of Melania baldwini Ancey, 1899) Ancey, C. F. (1899). Some notes on the non-marine molluscan fauna of the Hawaiian Islands, with diagnoses of new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 3(5): 268-274, pls 12-13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32075623
page(s): 273, pl. 12, fig. 6 [details]

original description (of Melania mauriciae R. P. Lesson, 1831) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot. link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): 353 [details]

original description (of Melania terebra R. P. Lesson, 1831) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot. link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): 354 [details]

original description (of Melania virgulata A. Férussac, 1827) Férussac, A. E. J. P. J. F. d'Audebard de. (1827). Suite du Catalogue des espèces de mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles, recueillies par M. Rang dans un voyage aux Grandes-Indes. Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Géologie. 10: 298-307, 408-413., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4828161
page(s): 411 [details]

original description (of Melania commersoni Morelet, 1860) Morelet, A. (1860). Séries conchyliologiques comprenant l'énumération de mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis pendant le cours de différents voyages, ainsi que la description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles 2. Klincksieck, Paris. 35-127, pls 4-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11913380
page(s): 116, pl. 6, fig. 4 [details]

original description (of Melania zengana Morelet, 1860) Morelet, A. (1860). Séries conchyliologiques comprenant l'énumération de mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles recueillis pendant le cours de différents voyages, ainsi que la description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles 2. Klincksieck, Paris. 35-127, pls 4-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11913380
page(s): 115, pl. 6, fig. 9 [details]

original description (of Melania inhambanica E. von Martens, 1860) Martens, E. von. (1860). Verzeichniss der von Prof. Peters in Mossambique gesammelten Land- und Susswasser-Mollusken. Malakozoologische Blatter. 6: 211-221 [1859]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16014305#page/483/
page(s): 216, pl. 2, fig. 10. [details]

original description (of Melania singularis Tapparone Canefri, 1877) Tapparone Canefri, C. (1877). Contribuzioni per une fauna malacologica delle isole papuane. Parte IV e V. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 9: 278-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29876010
page(s): 284 [details]

original description (of Melania pellicens Tapparone Canefri, 1883) Tapparone Canefri, C. (1883). Fauna malacologica della Nuova Guinea e delle isole adiacenti. Parte I. Molluschi estramarini. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 19: 5-313, pls 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10812598
page(s): 30, pl. 1, fig. 18 [details]

original description (of Melania dominula Tapparone Canefri, 1883) Tapparone Canefri, C. (1883). Fauna malacologica della Nuova Guinea e delle isole adiacenti. Parte I. Molluschi estramarini. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 19: 5-313, pls 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10812598
page(s): 31, pl. 1, fig. 16 [details]

original description (of Melania trunculata Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 2me partie, 232 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13181853
page(s): 167 [details]

original description (of Melania tamsii Dunker, 1845) Dunker, W. (1845-1846). Diagnoses Molluscorum quorundam novorum, quae ex itinere ad oras Africae occidentalis reportavit cl. G. Tams, Med. Dr. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 1845: 163-168; 1846: 24-28., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291751
page(s): 165 [details]

original description (of Melania flyensis Tapparone Canefri, 1883) Tapparone Canefri, C. (1883). Fauna malacologica della Nuova Guinea e delle isole adiacenti. Parte I. Molluschi estramarini. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 19: 5-313, pls 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10812598
page(s): 41, pl. 1, fig. 19 [details]

original description (of Melania judaica J. R. Roth, 1855) Roth, J. R. (1855). Spicilegium molluscorum orientalium annis 1852 et 1853 collectorum. Malakozoologische Blätter. 2 (8): 17-58, pl. 1-2. Cassel [February]. Note: Reprinted under the title Spicilegium molluscorum terris orientalis provinciae mediterranensis pecularium, ex novis inde reportatis collectionibus compilatum: 41 pp., pl. 1-2. Cassel (Th. Fischer).
page(s): 53, Tab. 2. Fig. 1 — 3. [details]

original description (of Melania tigrina T. Hutton, 1849) Hutton, T. (1849). Notices of some land and fresh water shells occurring in Afghanisthan. The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 18 (2, 31): 649-661, 967. Calcutta [July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40133082
page(s): 658-659 [details]

original description (of Melania lentiginosa var. nymphula Westerlund, 1883) Westerlund, C. A. (1883). Von der Vega-Expedition in Asien gesammelte Binnenmollusken. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 15 (3/4): 48-59. Frankfurt am Main [March/April]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31121693
page(s): 58 [details]

original description (of Melania moesta Hinds, 1844) Hinds, R. B. (1844). Descriptions of new species of Melania collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (1) 14 (88): 8-11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2331353#page/22/mode/1up
page(s): 9. [details]

original description (of Melania gracilina A. Gould, 1859) Gould, A. A. (1859). Descriptions of shells collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 7: 40-45., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249721#page/48/mode/1up
page(s): 42. [details]

original description (of Melania pyramis W. H. Benson, 1837) Benson, W. H. (1837). Description of the shell and animal of Nematura, a new genus of Mollusca, inhabiting situations subject to alternations of fresh and brackish water. The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 5 (60): 781-782 ["1836"]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188960
page(s): 782 [details]

original description (of Melania (Striatella) tuberculata var. flavida G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill, G. (1885). Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 244 [details]

original description (of Melania (Striatella) tuberculata var. luteomarginata G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill, G. (1885). Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 244 [details]

original description (of Melania layardi Dohrn, 1858) Dohrn, H. (1858). Descriptions of new species of land and freshwater shells collected in Ceylon, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 26(1): 133-135., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1858.tb06355.x
page(s): 135 [details]

original description (of Melania (Striatella) woodwardi K. Martin, 1905 †) Martin K. (1895-1906). Die Fossilien von Java auf grund einer Sammlung von Dr. R. D. M. Verbeek. I. Band. Gasteropoda. Sammlungen des Geologischen Reichs-Museums in Leiden. new ser., 1: 1-132, pls 1-20 [1895]; 133-220, pls 21-33 [1899]; 221-281, pls 34-41 [1905]; 282-332, pls 42-45 [1906]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42306724
page(s): 239, pl. 36, figs 567-570 [details]

original description (of Melanoides pyramis var. leopardina Annandale & Prashad, 1919) Annandale, T. N. & Prashad, B. (1919). The Mollusca of the inland waters of Baluchistan and of Seistan, with a note on the liver-fluke of sheep in Seistan, by S. W. Kemp. Records of the Indian Museum. 18: 17-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11134065
page(s): 33, pl. 4, fig. 4 [details]

original description (of Melanoides pyramis var. puteicola Annandale & Prashad, 1919) Annandale, T. N. & Prashad, B. (1919). The Mollusca of the inland waters of Baluchistan and of Seistan, with a note on the liver-fluke of sheep in Seistan, by S. W. Kemp. Records of the Indian Museum. 18: 17-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11134065
page(s): 33-34, pl. 4, figs. 7-8 [details]

original description (of Melania distinguenda Brot, 1876 †) Brot, A. (1874-1879). Die Melaniaceen (Melanidae) in Abbildungen der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Ersten Bandes, vierundzwanzigste Abtheilung. (1) 24 (229): 1-32, pls. 1-6 (1874); (1) 24 (235): 33-80, pls. 7-12 (1875); (1) 24 (244): 81-128, pls. 13-18 (1875); (1) 24 (249): 129-192, pls. 19-24 (1876); (1) 24 (259): 193-272, pls. 25-30 (1877); (1) 24 (264): 273-352, pls. 31-36 (1877); (1) 24 (271): 353-400, pls. 37-42 (1878); (1) 24 (280): 401-456, pls. 43-48 (1879); (1) 24 (283): 457-488, pl. 49 (1879). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52389932
page(s): 190, pl. 21, fig. 15 [details]

original description (of Melania beryllina Brot, 1860) Brot, A. (1860). Description de nouvelles espèces de Mélanies. Revue et Magazin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée. ser. 2, 12: 254-267, pls 16–17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2264611
page(s): 262, pl. 17, fig. 8 [details]

original description (of Melania tuberculata var. seminuda E. von Martens, 1897) Martens, E. von. (1897). Süss- und Brackwasser-Mollusken des Indischen Archipels. Zoologische Ergebnisse Einer Reise in Niederländisch Ost-Indien 4: 1-331, pls 1-12. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36298713
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original description (of Melania tuberculata var. angularis E. von Martens, 1897) Martens, E. von. (1897). Süss- und Brackwasser-Mollusken des Indischen Archipels. Zoologische Ergebnisse Einer Reise in Niederländisch Ost-Indien 4: 1-331, pls 1-12. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36298713
page(s): 59 [details]

original description (of Melania timorensis Reeve, 1859) Reeve, L. A. (1859-1861). Monograph of the genus Melania. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 12, pls 1-59 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1861; pls 2-9, November 1859; pls 10-17, December 1859; pls 18-25, 28-29, January 1860; pls 26-27, 30, February 1860; pls 31-33, May 1860; pls 34-45, September 1860; pls 46-47, November 1860; pls 48-49, December 1860, pls 50-51, March 1861; pls 52-53, April 1861; pls 54-59, May 1861]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11125701
page(s): pl. 13, fig. 79 [details]

original description (of Melania floricoma Reeve, 1859) Reeve, L. A. (1859-1861). Monograph of the genus Melania. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 12, pls 1-59 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1861; pls 2-9, November 1859; pls 10-17, December 1859; pls 18-25, 28-29, January 1860; pls 26-27, 30, February 1860; pls 31-33, May 1860; pls 34-45, September 1860; pls 46-47, November 1860; pls 48-49, December 1860, pls 50-51, March 1861; pls 52-53, April 1861; pls 54-59, May 1861]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11125701
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original description (of Melania virgula Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 3: 141, pl. 56, fig. 1-4 [details]

original description (of Melania rothiana Mousson, 1861) Mousson, A. (1861). Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles recueillies par M. le Prof. J.R. Roth dans son dernier voyage en Orient. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich, 6 (1): 1-34; 6 (2): 124-156. Zürich. [reprinted 1861 under the title ”Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles recueillies par Mr. le Prof. J.R. Roth dans son dernier voyage en Palestine”: 68 pp. Zürich (Zürcher & Furrer The ”Liste des espèces” on page 67-68, being an index, was not published in the journal]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8742660
page(s): 150–151 [reprint: 61–62] [details]

original description (of Melania exusta Reeve, 1859) Reeve, L. A. (1859-1861). Monograph of the genus Melania. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 12, pls 1-59 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1861; pls 2-9, November 1859; pls 10-17, December 1859; pls 18-25, 28-29, January 1860; pls 26-27, 30, February 1860; pls 31-33, May 1860; pls 34-45, September 1860; pls 46-47, November 1860; pls 48-49, December 1860, pls 50-51, March 1861; pls 52-53, April 1861; pls 54-59, May 1861]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11125701
page(s): pl. 12, fig. 74 [details]

original description (of Melania punctulata Reeve, 1859) Reeve, L. A. (1859-1861). Monograph of the genus Melania. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 12, pls 1-59 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, June 1861; pls 2-9, November 1859; pls 10-17, December 1859; pls 18-25, 28-29, January 1860; pls 26-27, 30, February 1860; pls 31-33, May 1860; pls 34-45, September 1860; pls 46-47, November 1860; pls 48-49, December 1860, pls 50-51, March 1861; pls 52-53, April 1861; pls 54-59, May 1861]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11125701
page(s): pl. 17, fig. 120 [details]

original description (of Melania rubropunctata Tristram, 1865) Tristram, H. B. (1865). Report on the terrestrial and fluviatile mollusca of Palestine. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 33 (2): 530-545. London [October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497511
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original description (of Melania waigiensis Brot, 1874) Brot, A. (1874-1879). Die Melaniaceen (Melanidae) in Abbildungen der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Ersten Bandes, vierundzwanzigste Abtheilung. (1) 24 (229): 1-32, pls. 1-6 (1874); (1) 24 (235): 33-80, pls. 7-12 (1875); (1) 24 (244): 81-128, pls. 13-18 (1875); (1) 24 (249): 129-192, pls. 19-24 (1876); (1) 24 (259): 193-272, pls. 25-30 (1877); (1) 24 (264): 273-352, pls. 31-36 (1877); (1) 24 (271): 353-400, pls. 37-42 (1878); (1) 24 (280): 401-456, pls. 43-48 (1879); (1) 24 (283): 457-488, pl. 49 (1879). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52389932
page(s): 195, pl. 22, fig. 6 [details]

original description (of Melania javanica Brot, 1877) Brot, A. (1874-1879). Die Melaniaceen (Melanidae) in Abbildungen der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Ersten Bandes, vierundzwanzigste Abtheilung. (1) 24 (229): 1-32, pls. 1-6 (1874); (1) 24 (235): 33-80, pls. 7-12 (1875); (1) 24 (244): 81-128, pls. 13-18 (1875); (1) 24 (249): 129-192, pls. 19-24 (1876); (1) 24 (259): 193-272, pls. 25-30 (1877); (1) 24 (264): 273-352, pls. 31-36 (1877); (1) 24 (271): 353-400, pls. 37-42 (1878); (1) 24 (280): 401-456, pls. 43-48 (1879); (1) 24 (283): 457-488, pl. 49 (1879). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52389932
page(s): 246, pl. 26, fig. 7 [details]

original description (of Melania malayana Brot, 1877) Brot, A. (1874-1879). Die Melaniaceen (Melanidae) in Abbildungen der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Ersten Bandes, vierundzwanzigste Abtheilung. (1) 24 (229): 1-32, pls. 1-6 (1874); (1) 24 (235): 33-80, pls. 7-12 (1875); (1) 24 (244): 81-128, pls. 13-18 (1875); (1) 24 (249): 129-192, pls. 19-24 (1876); (1) 24 (259): 193-272, pls. 25-30 (1877); (1) 24 (264): 273-352, pls. 31-36 (1877); (1) 24 (271): 353-400, pls. 37-42 (1878); (1) 24 (280): 401-456, pls. 43-48 (1879); (1) 24 (283): 457-488, pl. 49 (1879). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52389932
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original description (of Melania wilkinsonii Tenison Woods, 1879) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1879). On some freshwater shells of N. Guinea. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 4: 24-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6406528
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original description (of Melania scalariformis Tenison Woods, 1879) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1879). On some freshwater shells of N. Guinea. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 4: 24-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6406528
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original description (of Melania nicobarica Tapparone Canefri, 1883) Tapparone Canefri, C. (1883). Fauna malacologica della Nuova Guinea e delle isole adiacenti. Parte I. Molluschi estramarini. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 19: 5-313, pls 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10812598
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original description (of Melania tuberculata var. assavaensis Mousson, 1865) Mousson, A. (1865). Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles de quelques îles de l'océan Pacifique, recueillies par M. le Dr. E. Graeffe. Journal de Conchyliologie. 13(2): 164-209, pl. 14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15133775
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original description (of Melania assavaensis var. desulcata Mousson, 1870) Mousson, A. (1870). Faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile des îles Viti, d'après les envois de M. le Dr. Edouard Graeffe. Journal de Conchyliologie, 18: 179-236. Paris., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15160598
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original description (of Melania tuberculata var. plicifera Mousson, 1849) Mousson, A. (1849). Die Land- und Süsswasser- Mollusken von Java. Zurich: Friedrich Schulthess. iv + 126 pp., 22 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14301934
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