MolluscaBase name details
Theodoxus africanus (Reeve, 1856)
1360077 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1360077)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
Neritina africana Reeve, 1856 · unaccepted (basionym)
Theodoxia africana (Reeve, 1856) · unaccepted
Theodoxus (Theodoxus) africanus (Reeve, 1856) · alternative representation
recent only
(of Neritina africana Reeve, 1856) Reeve, L. A. (1855-1856). Monograph of the genus <i>Neritina</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 9, pls 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2, August 1855; pl. 3-10, October 1855; pl. 11-26, November 1855; pl. 27-30, January 1856; pl. 31-34, February 1856; pl. 1, 37-37, March 1856]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9141496
page(s): pl. xxx, no. 138 [details]
page(s): pl. xxx, no. 138 [details]
Note Africa
Type locality Africa [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Theodoxus africanus (Reeve, 1856). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1360077 on 2025-09-10
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(of Neritina africana Reeve, 1856) Reeve, L. A. (1855-1856). Monograph of the genus <i>Neritina</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 9, pls 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 2, August 1855; pl. 3-10, October 1855; pl. 11-26, November 1855; pl. 27-30, January 1856; pl. 31-34, February 1856; pl. 1, 37-37, March 1856]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9141496
page(s): pl. xxx, no. 138 [details]
basis of record Eichhorst, T. E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume two. Harxheim, Conchbooks. Pp. 695-1366.
page(s): 897, pl. 266 [details]
additional source Bacci, G. (1951). Elementi per una malacofauna dell'Abissinia e della Somalia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 65: 1-145. Genova.
page(s): 17. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Sands, A.F.; Glöer, P.; Gürlek, M.E.; Albrecht, C.; Neubauer, T.A. (2020). A revision of the extant species of <em>Theodoxus</em> (Gastropoda, Neritidae) in Asia, with the description of three new species. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 96(1): 25-66., available online at https://zse.pensoft.net/article/48312/ [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Mabrouki Y., Glöer P., Taybi A.F. (2023). The Theodoxus Montfort, 1810 species of North Africa (Gastropoda: Neritidae) with the description of a new species. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 20(4): 401–410.
page(s): 403 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): pl. xxx, no. 138 [details]
basis of record Eichhorst, T. E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume two. Harxheim, Conchbooks. Pp. 695-1366.
page(s): 897, pl. 266 [details]
additional source Bacci, G. (1951). Elementi per una malacofauna dell'Abissinia e della Somalia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 65: 1-145. Genova.
page(s): 17. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sands, A.F.; Glöer, P.; Gürlek, M.E.; Albrecht, C.; Neubauer, T.A. (2020). A revision of the extant species of <em>Theodoxus</em> (Gastropoda, Neritidae) in Asia, with the description of three new species. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 96(1): 25-66., available online at https://zse.pensoft.net/article/48312/ [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Mabrouki Y., Glöer P., Taybi A.F. (2023). The Theodoxus Montfort, 1810 species of North Africa (Gastropoda: Neritidae) with the description of a new species. <em>Invertebrate Zoology.</em> 20(4): 401–410.
page(s): 403 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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From editor or global species database
Type locality Africa [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | The African neritina | [details] |
