MolluscaBase taxon details
Melanoides turritispira (E. A. Smith, 1878)
1060056 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1060056)
accepted
Species
Melania turritispira E. A. Smith, 1878 · unaccepted (original combination)
Melania woodwardi E. A. Smith, 1894 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
(of Melania turritispira E. A. Smith, 1878) Smith, E. A. (1878). On the shells of Lake Nyasa, and on a few marine species from Mozambique. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 712-722. Dated 1877, published 1878., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518674
page(s): 713, pl. 75, figs 14, 15. [details]
page(s): 713, pl. 75, figs 14, 15. [details]
Type locality contained in Nyasa, Lake
type locality contained in Nyasa, Lake [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
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original description
(of Melania turritispira E. A. Smith, 1878) Smith, E. A. (1878). On the shells of Lake Nyasa, and on a few marine species from Mozambique. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 712-722. Dated 1877, published 1878., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518674
page(s): 713, pl. 75, figs 14, 15. [details]
original description (of Melania woodwardi E. A. Smith, 1894) Smith, E. A. (1894). On a collection of land and freshwater shells transmitted by Mr. H. H. Johnston from British Central Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1893: 632-641. Dated 1893 published 1894., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35992948
page(s): 639, pl. 59, fig. 11. [details]
basis of record Brown, D. S. (1980). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. Taylor & Francis, London. 1-487.
page(s): 88 [details]
page(s): 713, pl. 75, figs 14, 15. [details]
original description (of Melania woodwardi E. A. Smith, 1894) Smith, E. A. (1894). On a collection of land and freshwater shells transmitted by Mr. H. H. Johnston from British Central Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1893: 632-641. Dated 1893 published 1894., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35992948
page(s): 639, pl. 59, fig. 11. [details]
basis of record Brown, D. S. (1980). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. Taylor & Francis, London. 1-487.
page(s): 88 [details]
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