MolluscaBase - Melania (Nyassia) Bourguignat, 1889

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Melania (Nyassia) Bourguignat, 1889

AphiaID

1462415 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1462415)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Melanoides Olivier, 1804

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798

Original name

Nyassia Bourguignat, 1889

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Species Melania (Nyassia) pergracilis E. von Martens, 1897 accepted as Melanoides pergracilis (E. von Martens, 1897) (basionym)

Environment

fresh

Original description

(of Nyassia Bourguignat, 1889) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1889). Mélanidées du lac Nyassa suivies d'un aperçu comparatif sur la faune malacologique de ce lac avec celle du grand lac Tanganika. <em>Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 6: 1-66, pl. 1-2. [± December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36878032 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania (Nyassia) Bourguignat, 1889. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1462415 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2020-10-17 14:53:12Z

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Herbert, David

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original description (of Nyassia Bourguignat, 1889) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1889). Mélanidées du lac Nyassa suivies d'un aperçu comparatif sur la faune malacologique de ce lac avec celle du grand lac Tanganika. <em>Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 6: 1-66, pl. 1-2. [± December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36878032 [details]