MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Melania turritissima Lyell, 1855 †) Lyell, C. (1855). A manual of elementary geology, or the ancient changes of the earth and its inhabitants as illustrated by geological monuments. John Murray, London, xvi + 655 + 32 pp., available online at https://archive.org/details/Lyell1855ya42W page(s): 209, textfig. 182 [details]
basis of record
Wenz, W. (1923-1930). Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia. Gastropoda extramarina tertiaria. W. Junk, Berlin. Vol. I: 1-352 pp. (1923), Vol. II: 353-736 pp. (1923), Vol. III: 737-1068 pp. (1923), Vol. IV: 1069-1420 pp. (1923), Vol. V: 1421-1734 pp. (1923), Vol. VI: 1735-1862 pp. (1923), Vol. VII: 1863-2230 pp. (1926), Vol. VIII: 2231-2502 pp. (1928), Vol. IX: 2503-2886 pp. (1929), Vol. X: 2887-3014 pp. (1929), Vol. XI: 3015-3387 pp. (1930)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/61839#/summary page(s): 2630 [details]
additional source
Munt, M.C. (2014). Mollusca from the Insect Limestone (Bembridge Marls Member: Bouldnor Formation: Solent Group), Palaeogene, Isle of Wight, southern England <em>Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh</em>. 104: 263-274, available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755691014000048 page(s): 267, pl. 1, fig. 4 [details]
additional source
Glibert, M. (1962). Les Mesogastropoda fossiles du Cénozoïque étranger des collections de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Première partie. Cyclophoridae à Stiliferidae (inclus). <em>Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgiques, Mémoires. Deuxième série.</em> 69: 1-305., available online at https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/35118095.pdf page(s): 32 [details]
From editor or global species database
Authority Nomen nudum in Forbes (1853), re-described by Forbes (1856). [details]
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