MolluscaBase taxon details
Melanoides magnifica (Bourguignat, 1889)
1060049 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1060049)
accepted
Species
Nyassia magnifica Bourguignat, 1889 · unaccepted (original combination)
(of Nyassia magnifica Bourguignat, 1889) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1889). Mélanidées du lac Nyassa suivies d'un aperçu comparatif sur la faune malacologique de ce lac avec celle du grand lac Tanganika. <em>Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 6: 1-66, pl. 1-2. [± December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36878032
page(s): 16-17, pl. 2, figs 5, 6. [details]
page(s): 16-17, pl. 2, figs 5, 6. [details]
Type locality contained in Nyasa, Lake
type locality contained in Nyasa, Lake [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanoides magnifica (Bourguignat, 1889). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1060049 on 2025-05-23
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original description
(of Nyassia magnifica Bourguignat, 1889) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1889). Mélanidées du lac Nyassa suivies d'un aperçu comparatif sur la faune malacologique de ce lac avec celle du grand lac Tanganika. <em>Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 6: 1-66, pl. 1-2. [± December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36878032
page(s): 16-17, pl. 2, figs 5, 6. [details]
basis of record Brown, D. S. (1980). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. Taylor & Francis, London. 1-487.
page(s): 86 [details]
page(s): 16-17, pl. 2, figs 5, 6. [details]
basis of record Brown, D. S. (1980). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. Taylor & Francis, London. 1-487.
page(s): 86 [details]




To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melanoides magnifica)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-36497) (from synonym Nyassia magnifica Bourguignat, 1889)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melanoides magnifica)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-36497) (from synonym Nyassia magnifica Bourguignat, 1889)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym