Marine Species Traits - Melania muricata Forbes, 1856 †

Traits name details

Melania muricata Forbes, 1856 †

AphiaID

1421339 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1421339)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Tarebia acuta (J. Sowerby, 1822) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798

Original name

Melania muricata Forbes, 1856 †

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Variety Melania muricata var. excavata J. Morris, 1856 † accepted as Tarebia acuta excavata (J. Morris, 1856) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Forbes, E. (1856). On the Tertiary Fluvio-marine Formation of the Isle of Wight Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, 162 pp., available online at https://books.google.at/books?id=YibPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 151, pl. 3, fig. 16 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania muricata Forbes, 1856 †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1421339 on 2025-05-13

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Melania muricata Forbes, 1856 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1421339 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2020-02-20 10:17:23Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2022-11-21 12:29:08Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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original description Forbes, E. (1856). On the Tertiary Fluvio-marine Formation of the Isle of Wight Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, 162 pp., available online at https://books.google.at/books?id=YibPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 151, pl. 3, fig. 16 [details]

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