Marine Species Traits - Melania mayeri Gümbel, 1861 †

Traits name details

Melania mayeri Gümbel, 1861 †

AphiaID

1261838 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1261838)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Melanoides winkleri (Mayer, 1861) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798

Original name

Melania mayeri Gümbel, 1861 †

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Gümbel, C. W. v. (1861). Geognostische Beschreibung des bayerischen Alpengebirges und seines Vorlandes. Justus Perthes, Gotha, xx + 950 pp., 42 pls., available online at http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10806180_00005.html
page(s): 753 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melania mayeri Gümbel, 1861 †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1261838 on 2025-09-16

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Melania mayeri Gümbel, 1861 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1261838 on 2025-09-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-06-29 06:12:14Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2022-11-14 12:26:44Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (2)

original description Gümbel, C. W. v. (1861). Geognostische Beschreibung des bayerischen Alpengebirges und seines Vorlandes. Justus Perthes, Gotha, xx + 950 pp., 42 pls., available online at http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10806180_00005.html
page(s): 753 [details]

source of synonymy Esu, D.; Girotti, O. (2010). The Late Oligocene Molluscan Fauna from Otranto (Apulia, Southern Italy): an example of alternating freshwater, lagoonal and emerged environments. <em>Palaeontology.</em> 53(1): 137-174.
page(s): 152 [details] Available for editors