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Lanistes affinis E. A. Smith, 1878
843795 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:843795)
unaccepted
Species
- Variety Lanistes affinis var. manyarana Sturany, 1894 accepted as Lanistes ovum Troschel, 1845
Smith, E. A. (1878). On the shells of Lake Nyasa, and on a few marine species from Mozambique. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 712-722. Dated 1877, published 1878., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518674
page(s): 716, pl. 76, fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 716, pl. 76, fig. 7 [details]
Type locality contained in Nyasa, Lake
type locality contained in Nyasa, Lake [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lanistes affinis E. A. Smith, 1878. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843795 on 2025-09-12
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Smith, E. A. (1878). On the shells of Lake Nyasa, and on a few marine species from Mozambique. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 712-722. Dated 1877, published 1878., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518674
page(s): 716, pl. 76, fig. 7 [details]
additional source Smith, E. A. (1881). On a collection of shells from Lakes Tanganyika and Nyassa and other localities in East Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1881: 276-300., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759431
page(s): 290, pl. 34, fig. 23. [details]
source of synonymy Cowie, R. H. (2015). The recent apple snails of Africa and Asia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: <i>Afropomus, Forbesopomus, Lanistes, Pila, Saulea</i>): a nomenclatural and type catalogue. The apple snails of the Americas: addenda and corrigenda. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3940(1): 1-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3940.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 716, pl. 76, fig. 7 [details]
additional source Smith, E. A. (1881). On a collection of shells from Lakes Tanganyika and Nyassa and other localities in East Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1881: 276-300., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759431
page(s): 290, pl. 34, fig. 23. [details]
source of synonymy Cowie, R. H. (2015). The recent apple snails of Africa and Asia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: <i>Afropomus, Forbesopomus, Lanistes, Pila, Saulea</i>): a nomenclatural and type catalogue. The apple snails of the Americas: addenda and corrigenda. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3940(1): 1-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3940.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
