Genus Stenomelania Fischer, 1885
- Stenomelania Fischer, P. 1885. Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paléontologie Conchyliologique ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivant et fossiles. Paris : F. Savy Vol. 8 689-791 pp. [701].
Type species:
Melania aspirans Hinds, 1844 by monotypy.Secondary source:
Morrison, J.P.E. 1954. The Relationship of Old and New World Melanians. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 103: 357-394 [380].
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Melanoides (Stenomelania) Fischer, 1885. —
Wenz, W. 1938. Gastropoda. Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia (Amphigastropoda u. Streptoneura). In, Schindewolf, O.H. (ed.). Handbuch der Paläozoologie. Band 6, Gastropoda. Berlin-Zehlendorf : Bornträger Bd. 6(Teil 1) pp. 1–240. [Mar. 1938 to Nov. 1944] [714] (proposed subgeneric arrangement)
Introduction
Glaubrecht et al. (2009) reported "Stenomelania cf. aspirans" (Hinds, 1844) from Queensland and may represent an undescribed species.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific, from western Australia to Fiji
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Wet Tropics (WT)
General References
Glaubrecht, M., Brinkmann, N. & Pöppe, J. 2009. Diversity and disparity 'down under': Systematics, biogeography and reproductive modes of the 'marsupial' freshwater Thiaridae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea) in Australia. Zoosystematics and Evolution 85(2): 199-275 [247]
Wenz, W. 1938. Gastropoda. Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia (Amphigastropoda u. Streptoneura). In, Schindewolf, O.H. (ed.). Handbuch der Paläozoologie. Band 6, Gastropoda. Berlin-Zehlendorf : Bornträger Bd. 6(Teil 1) pp. 1–240. [Mar. 1938 to Nov. 1944] [714]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | THIARIDAE | 04-Feb-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |