Marine Species Traits - Melania oblonga Bronn, 1831 †

Traits name details

Melania oblonga Bronn, 1831 †

AphiaID

1048087 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1048087)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Prososthenia oblonga (Bronn, 1831) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798

Original name

Melania oblonga Bronn, 1831 †

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Bronn, H. G. (1831). Italiens Tertiär-Gebilde und deren organische Einschlüsse. Karl Groos, Heidelberg, xii + 176 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39170083
page(s): 77 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania oblonga Bronn, 1831 †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1048087 on 2025-09-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Melania oblonga Bronn, 1831 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1048087 on 2025-09-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-12-07 14:30:58Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2022-08-30 07:32:28Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (2)

original description Bronn, H. G. (1831). Italiens Tertiär-Gebilde und deren organische Einschlüsse. Karl Groos, Heidelberg, xii + 176 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39170083
page(s): 77 [details]

new combination reference Schlickum, W. R. (1972). Zur Systematik fossiler Hydrobiiden, 2. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 102: 93-95.
page(s): 93 [details] Available for editors