MolluscaBase name details
Limnaea elmeteitensis E. A. Smith, 1894
1375004 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1375004)
unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Species
Limnaea Blainville, 1824 accepted as Lymnaea Lamarck, 1799
recent only
Smith, E. A. (1894). list of the land and freshwater molluscs collected by Dr. J.W. Gregory in East Africa during his expedition to Mount Kenia with descriptions of a few new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 1: 163-168. London.
page(s): 167, fig. 5 [details]
page(s): 167, fig. 5 [details]
Note Kenya, Lake Elmeteita and Lake Baringo
Type locality Kenya, Lake Elmeteita and Lake Baringo [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Limnaea elmeteitensis E. A. Smith, 1894. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1375004 on 2025-09-10
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Smith, E. A. (1894). list of the land and freshwater molluscs collected by Dr. J.W. Gregory in East Africa during his expedition to Mount Kenia with descriptions of a few new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 1: 163-168. London.
page(s): 167, fig. 5 [details]
taxonomy source Vinarski, M. V. (2016). Annotated type catalogue of lymnaeid snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the collection of the Natural History Museum, Berlin. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 92(1): 131-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.92.8107
page(s): 137 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Hubendick, B. (1951). Recent Lymnaeidae. Their variation, morphology, taxonomy, nomenclature and distribution. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar. Fjärde Serien.</em> 3(1): 1–223. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 167, fig. 5 [details]
taxonomy source Vinarski, M. V. (2016). Annotated type catalogue of lymnaeid snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the collection of the Natural History Museum, Berlin. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 92(1): 131-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.92.8107
page(s): 137 [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Hubendick, B. (1951). Recent Lymnaeidae. Their variation, morphology, taxonomy, nomenclature and distribution. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar. Fjärde Serien.</em> 3(1): 1–223. [details] Available for editors
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Type locality Kenya, Lake Elmeteita and Lake Baringo [details]
