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Orientogalba heptapotamica (Lazareva, 1967)
1062653 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1062653)
accepted
Species
Lymnaea heptapotamica Lazareva, 1967 · unaccepted
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Lazareva, A.I. (1967). Additions to the taxonomy of Kazakhstan freshwater molluscs. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR, 42: 198-204. Leningrad. [in Russian].
page(s): 198, figs. 1 and 7 [details]
page(s): 198, figs. 1 and 7 [details]
Type locality contained in Central Asia
, Note [Kazakhstan], floodplain of the Ili River...
type locality contained in Central Asia [details]
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Type locality [Kazakhstan], floodplain of the Ili River (Lazareva, 1967a). The holotype label is: «5.5.1964. Alma-Ata Region, Iliysk Settlement, a swamp near the place where the Kaskelenka River flows into the Ili, depth 30 sm. leg. A.I. Lazareva». Since 1970 this locality exists no longer, because Iliysk settlement and the former mouth of the Kaskelenka River were flooded by the Kapshagay Reservoir [details]
Etymology Not stated. Obviously, the species epithet was derived from the Greek words ‘hepta’ (seven) and ‘potamós’ (river)....
Etymology Not stated. Obviously, the species epithet was derived from the Greek words ‘hepta’ (seven) and ‘potamós’ (river). «Semirechye» (the land of seven rivers) is a historical region in Central Asia located approximately in between Balkash and Issyk-Kul’ lakes. The type locality of O. heptapo-tamica was situated in this area [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Orientogalba heptapotamica (Lazareva, 1967). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1062653 on 2025-09-12
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Lazareva, A.I. (1967). Additions to the taxonomy of Kazakhstan freshwater molluscs. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR, 42: 198-204. Leningrad. [in Russian].
page(s): 198, figs. 1 and 7 [details]
page(s): 198, figs. 1 and 7 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated. Obviously, the species epithet was derived from the Greek words ‘hepta’ (seven) and ‘potamós’ (river). «Semirechye» (the land of seven rivers) is a historical region in Central Asia located approximately in between Balkash and Issyk-Kul’ lakes. The type locality of O. heptapo-tamica was situated in this area [details]Type locality [Kazakhstan], floodplain of the Ili River (Lazareva, 1967a). The holotype label is: «5.5.1964. Alma-Ata Region, Iliysk Settlement, a swamp near the place where the Kaskelenka River flows into the Ili, depth 30 sm. leg. A.I. Lazareva». Since 1970 this locality exists no longer, because Iliysk settlement and the former mouth of the Kaskelenka River were flooded by the Kapshagay Reservoir [details]
