MolluscaBase taxon details
Potadoma freethii (J. E. Gray, 1831)
1061108 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1061108)
accepted
Species
Melania freethii J. E. Gray, 1831 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Melania nigrita Morelet, 1851 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Melania nigritina Morelet, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Potadoma freethii freethi (Gray, 1831)
- Subspecies Potadoma freethii guineensis (Reeve, 1860)
- Subspecies Potadoma freethii tigrinum Connolly, 1938
recent only
(of Melania freethii J. E. Gray, 1831) Gray, J. E. (1831). The zoological miscellany. 1831: 1-55. [published 5 November 1831]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49831419
page(s): 11 [details]
page(s): 11 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Potadoma freethii (J. E. Gray, 1831). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1061108 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Melania freethii J. E. Gray, 1831) Gray, J. E. (1831). The zoological miscellany. 1831: 1-55. [published 5 November 1831]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49831419
page(s): 11 [details]
original description (of Melania nigrita Morelet, 1851) Morelet, A. (1851). Description de coquilles nouvelles. <em>Journal de conchyliologie.</em> 2 (3): 191-194, pls 5-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15855066
page(s): 191, pl. 5, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Melania nigritina Morelet, 1848) Morelet, A. (1848). Testacea quaedam Africae occidentalis terrestria et fluviatilia. <em>Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne.</em> 11: 351-355., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2366821
page(s): 355 [details]
basis of record Brown, D. S. (1980). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. Taylor & Francis, London. 1-487.
page(s): 101 [details]
page(s): 11 [details]
original description (of Melania nigrita Morelet, 1851) Morelet, A. (1851). Description de coquilles nouvelles. <em>Journal de conchyliologie.</em> 2 (3): 191-194, pls 5-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15855066
page(s): 191, pl. 5, fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Melania nigritina Morelet, 1848) Morelet, A. (1848). Testacea quaedam Africae occidentalis terrestria et fluviatilia. <em>Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne.</em> 11: 351-355., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2366821
page(s): 355 [details]
basis of record Brown, D. S. (1980). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. Taylor & Francis, London. 1-487.
page(s): 101 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
