Thiara Roeding , 1798

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Thiara Roeding, 1798 *

Vesica Humphrey, 1797: 58 [unavailable, published in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1912: 116-117; among the mentioned species is Vesica thiara Humphrey, 1797 (unavailable) = Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758].

Thiara Röding, 1798: 109 [type species: Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation of Herrmannsen 1849 in Herrmannsen 1847-1849: 576].

Melania Lamarck, 1799: 75 [type species: Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy].

Melanigenus Renier, 1807: pl. 8 [unavailable, published in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1956: 290].

Melas Montfort, 1810: 322-324 [unjustified emendation of Melania Lamarck, 1799].

Melanidia Rafinesque, 1815: 144 [unjustified emendation of Melania Lamarck, 1799].

Melanea - Sowerby 1818 in Sowerby 1818-1822: 33 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Melania Lamarck, 1799].

? Spirilla Gray, 1824: 254 [unavailable, published in synonymy; mentioned as Spirilla spinosa (quoting a label or note attributed to G. Humphrey as " Spirilla spinosa , freshwater spiral spined shell, from Admirality Island, New Guinea") under Melania setosa Swainson, 1824 (= Thiara cancellata Röding, 1798, see Swainson 1824: 13-15 and Wilkins 1957: 167-169) and as being conspecific with the nomenclaturally unavailable Buccinum aculeatum Lister, 1692: pl. 1055, fig. 8. Mentioned as a synonym by Férussac 1824: 318, Gray 1825: 524, Oken 1833: 133, Gray 1847: 152, Wilkins 1957: 167 as well as by Agassiz 1842: 84, Agassiz 1847: 348 and Herrmannsen 1848 in Herrmannsen 1847-1849: 491 in nomenclators, with the name attributed to Humphrey 1797 (where it could not be found). Used by Favre 1869: 79 (attributing the name to G. Humphrey but without reference to the work of Gray 1824) for a subgenus of Fusus Bruguière 1789 in Bruguière 1789-1792 and in a very different meaning from that of Gray 1824 and therefore not regarded here as having been made available from that work].

Spirella - Oken 1833: 61 [incorrect subsequent spelling of the unavailable Spirilla Gray, 1824].

Melacantha Swainson, 1840: 341 [type species: Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation of Herrmannsen 1849 in Herrmannsen 1847-1849: 26].

Thaira - Gray 1840: 148 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Thiara Röding, 1798].

Amarula Sowerby, 1842: 61 [type species: Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy].

Melanium - Busch 1842 in Philippi 1842-1845: 4 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Melania Lamarck, 1799].

Tiara - Gray 1847: 152 [incorrect subsequent spelling of Thiara Röding, 1798].

Thaera - Agassiz 1847: 367 [unavailable, emendation for Thaira as used by Gray 1840: 148 proposed in synonymy in a nomenclator].

Lithoparches Gistel, 1848: ix [nom. nov. pro Melania Lamarck, 1799; type species: Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758, by typification of the replaced name].

Hydrognoma Gistel, 1848: 169 [nom. nov. pro Melania Lamarck, 1799, type species: Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758, by typefication of the replaced name].

Tiaropsis Brot, 1871: 298 [non Agassiz 1849: 289-298; type species: Melania winteri Busch, 1842 in Philippi 1842-1844: Melania , 1, pl. 1 figs 1, 2 by subsequent designation of Brot 1874 in Brot 1874-1879: 7].

Cerithomelania Moore, 1899: 233-234 [type species: Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation].

? Ripalania Iredale, 1943: 209 [type species: Melania queenslandica Smith, 1882 by monotypy].

? Setaeara Morrison, 1952: 8 [type species: Thiara cancellata Röding, 1798 by original designation].

Remarks.

Many names have been proposed for the group of Thiaridae that is currently regarded as representing Thiara Röding, 1798. Several of these names are objective junior synonyms of Thiara having the same type species ( Helix amarula Linnaeus, 1758), and several others are nomenclaturally unavailable. A few, like Ripalania Iredale, 1943 or Setaeara Morrison, 1952, may actually be synonyms of Thiara . However, those hypotheses should be further tested using molecular genetic approaches. Therefore, these nominal genera were only tentatively included in the synonymy of Thiara .