Marine Species Traits - Striatella muricata (Forbes, 1856) †

Traits name details

Striatella muricata (Forbes, 1856) †

AphiaID

1422131 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1422131)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Tarebia acuta (J. Sowerby, 1822) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Striatella Brot, 1870 accepted as Melanoides Olivier, 1804

Original name

Melania muricata Forbes, 1856 †

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Variety Striatella muricata var. orgnacensis Fontannes, 1884 † accepted as Tarebia acuta (J. Sowerby, 1822) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Melania muricata Forbes, 1856 †) 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. (2025). MolluscaBase. Striatella muricata (Forbes, 1856) †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1422131 on 2025-05-15

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Striatella muricata (Forbes, 1856) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1422131 on 2025-05-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-02-25 10:31:36Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2022-11-21 12:29:08Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (2)

original description (of Melania muricata Forbes, 1856 †) 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]

basis of record 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): 20 [details]