MolluscaBase - Melania nyassana E. A. Smith, 1878

MolluscaBase name details

Melania nyassana E. A. Smith, 1878

AphiaID

1060105 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1060105)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted name

Melanoides nyassana (E. A. Smith, 1878)

Rank

Species

Parent

Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798

Original name

Melania nyassana E. A. Smith, 1878

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

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): 715, pl. 75, figs 1-2 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Nyasa, Lake

type locality contained in Nyasa, Lake [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania nyassana E. A. Smith, 1878. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1060105 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-02-14 09:12:39Z

created

Köhler, Frank

2020-04-03 09:53:50Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (1)

original description 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): 715, pl. 75, figs 1-2 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality