Marine Species Traits - Melania praelonga Matheron, 1861 †

Traits name details

Melania praelonga Matheron, 1861 †

AphiaID

1422157 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1422157)

Classification

Status

uncertain > taxon inquirendum (status and classification uncertain)

Rank

Species

Parent

Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798

Original name

Melania praelonga Matheron, 1861 †

Synonymised names

Melania nerineiformis F. Sandberger, 1870 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Heer, O. (1861). Recherches sur le climat et la végétation du pays tertiaire. Jean Wurster & Comp., Winterthur, 220 + xxii pp., available online at https://books.google.de/books?id=2qL7UYqPXvkC&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 121 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania praelonga Matheron, 1861 †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1422157 on 2025-05-10

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Melania praelonga Matheron, 1861 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1422157 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-02-25 10:45:05Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2020-02-25 13:28:19Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (3)
Attributes (3)

original description Heer, O. (1861). Recherches sur le climat et la végétation du pays tertiaire. Jean Wurster & Comp., Winterthur, 220 + xxii pp., available online at https://books.google.de/books?id=2qL7UYqPXvkC&printsec=frontcover&hl=de&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 121 [details]

original description (of Melania nerineiformis F. Sandberger, 1870 †) Sandberger, C.L.F. (1870-1875). <i>Die Land- und Süßwasser-Conchylien der Vorwelt</i>. C. W. Kreidel, Wiesbaden. [pp. 1-96, pl. 1-12 (1870); pp. 97-160, pl. 13-20 (1871); pp. 161-256, pl. 21-32 (1873); pp. 257-352, pl. 33-36 (1874); pp i-viii, 353-1000 (1875) according to Woodward, 1906]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49567154
page(s): 96, pl. 5, figs 4-4a [second part of description on p. 97 was published in 1871] [details]

basis of record Fabre-Taxy, S. (1951). Faunes lagunaires et continentales du Crétacé Supérieur de Provence. II – Le Campanien fluvio-lacustre. <em>Annales de Paléontologie.</em> 37: 83-122.
page(s): 104, pl. 1, fig. 15 [details]

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