Marine Species Traits - Melanoides diestopleura (Fontannes, 1884) †

Traits taxon details

Melanoides diestopleura (Fontannes, 1884) †

AphiaID

1261397 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1261397)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Melanoides Olivier, 1804

Original name

Melania diestopleura Fontannes, 1884 †

Synonymised names

Melania diestopleura Fontannes, 1884 † · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Melania diestopleura Fontannes, 1884 †) Fontannes, F. (1884). Description sommaire de la faune malacologique des formations saumâtres et d'eau douce du groupe d'Aix (Bartonien-Aquitanien) dans le Bas-Languedoc, la Provence et le Dauphiné. Georg, F. Savy, Lyon, Paris., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55007367
page(s): 24, pl. 2, figs 59-60 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanoides diestopleura (Fontannes, 1884) †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1261397 on 2025-09-19

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Melanoides diestopleura (Fontannes, 1884) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1261397 on 2025-09-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-06-25 15:24:31Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2018-07-09 20:58:41Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (1)

original description (of Melania diestopleura Fontannes, 1884 †) Fontannes, F. (1884). Description sommaire de la faune malacologique des formations saumâtres et d'eau douce du groupe d'Aix (Bartonien-Aquitanien) dans le Bas-Languedoc, la Provence et le Dauphiné. Georg, F. Savy, Lyon, Paris., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55007367
page(s): 24, pl. 2, figs 59-60 [details]