Marine Species Traits - Melania apirospira Fontannes, 1884 †

Traits name details

Melania apirospira Fontannes, 1884 †

AphiaID

1263274 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1263274)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Melanoides apirospira (Fontannes, 1884) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798

Original name

Melania apirospira Fontannes, 1884 †

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

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): 25, pl. 5, figs 36-40 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania apirospira Fontannes, 1884 †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1263274 on 2025-05-08

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Melania apirospira Fontannes, 1884 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1263274 on 2025-05-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-07-02 12:43:57Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2018-07-09 20:58:41Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2022-08-30 07:32:28Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Attributes (2)

original description 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): 25, pl. 5, figs 36-40 [details]

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