Marine Species Traits - Melania escheri Merian, 1849 †

FreshGEN name details

Melania escheri Merian, 1849 †

AphiaID

825040 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:825040)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Tinnyea lauraea (Matheron, 1843) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798

Original name

Melania escheri Merian, 1849 †

Direct children (3)

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Variety Melania escheri var. ecostata F. Sandberger, 1875 † accepted as Tinnyea ecostata (F. Sandberger, 1875) † (superseded rank and combination)
Variety Melania escheri var. graeca De Stefani, 1891 † accepted as Tinnyea graeca (De Stefani, 1891) † (superseded rank and combination)
Variety Melania escheri var. rotundata F. Sandberger, 1875 † accepted as Brotia escheri turrita (Klein, 1846) † accepted as Tinnyea lauraea (Matheron, 1843) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Merian, P. (1849). Ueber die im Süsswasserkalke der Umgebungen von Mülhausen aufgefundenen Schalenthiere. Bericht über die Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel. 8: 33-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33655786
page(s): 34 [details]

Cuvier, G.; Brongniart, A. (1822). Description géologique des couches des environs de Paris, parmi lesquelles se trouvent les gypses à ossemens. In: Cuvier, G. Recherches sur les ossemens, 2 (2). G. Dufour & E. d'Ocagne, Paris, viii + 428 pp.
page(s): 117 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania escheri Merian, 1849 †. Accessed through: Neubauer, T.A.; Harzhauser, M.; Kroh, A.; Georgopoulou, E.; Mandic, O. (2014) Freshwater Gastropods of the European Neogene database (FreshGEN) at: http://marinespecies.org/freshgen/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=825040 on 2025-05-17

Thematic species database citation

Neubauer, T.A.; Harzhauser, M.; Kroh, A.; Georgopoulou, E.; Mandic, O. (2014). Freshwater Gastropods of the European Neogene database (FreshGEN). Melania escheri Merian, 1849 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/freshgen/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=825040 on 2025-05-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-11-13 10:14:27Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2017-12-14 08:57:28Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2020-04-06 06:16:03Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2022-11-21 12:29:08Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (4)
Attributes (6)

original description Merian, P. (1849). Ueber die im Süsswasserkalke der Umgebungen von Mülhausen aufgefundenen Schalenthiere. Bericht über die Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel. 8: 33-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33655786
page(s): 34 [details]

source of synonymy Kadolsky, D. (1995). Stratigraphie und Molluskenfaunen von 'Landschneckenkalk' und 'Cerithienschichten' im Mainzer Becken (Oberoligozän bis Untermiozän?), 2: Revision der aquatischen Mollusken des Landschneckenkalkes. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 124, 1-55.
page(s): 37 [details] Available for editors

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source of synonymy Kowalke, T. (2004). Evolution of the Pachychilidae Troschel, 1857 (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) - from the Tethys to modern tropical rivers. Zitteliana. A 44, 41-50.
page(s): 45 [details] Available for editors

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original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) Cuvier, G.; Brongniart, A. (1822). Description géologique des couches des environs de Paris, parmi lesquelles se trouvent les gypses à ossemens. In: Cuvier, G. Recherches sur les ossemens, 2 (2). G. Dufour & E. d'Ocagne, Paris, viii + 428 pp.
page(s): 117 [details]

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