THIARIDAE Gill, 1871

Coan, Eugene V., Pacaud, Jean-Michel & Kabat, Alan R., 2024, Gérard-Paul Deshayes (1796 - 1875) and his taxa, Geodiversitas 46 (16), pp. 553-930 : 606-607

Family THIARIDAE Gill, 1871 [1823]

crenularis , Melania – Deshayes, 1844d: 2, pl. 83. — Type locality: Philippines, freshwater. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: synonym of Melanoides torulosa (Bruguière, 1789) ( Bragado et al. 2000: 163) .

crenulata , Melania – Deshayes, 1838-HistNatAnim2: 434-435; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 421. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: the Japanese Stenomelania crenulata (Deshayes, 1838) ( Hidaka & Kano 2014) , now considered a vulnerable species.

curvicosta , Melania –Deshayes, 1833b: 232, “pl. 1, figs 7-9”, nomen nudum; 1835b: 149-150, pl. 25, figs 7-9; 1838-HistNatAnim2: 459-460; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 433. — Type locality: Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece. — Type age: Subapennine Formation, Pliocene. — Current status: Melanoides curvicosta (Deshayes, 1835) ( Schütt 1988: 147) .

moreleti , Melania – Deshayes, 1850-TraitElem: 46, pl. 74, figs 13- 14. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: MNHN-IM-2000-36464, 2 syntypes. Preoccupies Melania moreleti Reeve, 1860 , which was replaced by Melania arthurii Brott, 1870 . — Current status: taxon inquirendum.

rangii , Melania – Deshayes, 1838-HistNatAnim2: 442-443; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 427. — Type locality: Coastal rivers of “Malaguette, Sénégambie”. — Type age: Recent. Unnecessary replacement name for Melania tuberculosa Rang, 1832 (pl. 13), non Melania tuberculata Wagner , in Spix, 1827, because the two names are not homonyms. — Current status: synonym of Pachymelania byronensis (W. Wood, 1828) [ Strombus ] ( Koudenoukpo et al. 2020: 43).

subulata , Melania – Deshayes, 1832-EncyMeth: 427, non Lamarck, 1822. — Type locality: none given; living. — Type age: Recent. Both preoccupy Melania subulata Roemer, 1839 , now Ceritella subulata ( Roemer, 1839) [ Melania ], but the name would also need to be replaced. — Current status: taxon inquirendum.

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fuscata , Melania – Deshayes, 1838-HistNatAnim2: 435-435; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 423. Listed by Graf (2001: 46) as a Deshayes species, this name had its origin as Helix fuscatus Born, 1778 , now Neoradina fuscata (Born, 1778) .