MolluscaBase - Nyassomelania Bourguignat, 1889

MolluscaBase name details

Nyassomelania Bourguignat, 1889

AphiaID

955002 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:955002)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Melanoides Olivier, 1804

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Nyassomelania leia Bourguignat, 1889 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Thiaridae Gill, 1871 (1823)

Original name

Nyassomelania Bourguignat, 1889

Direct children (3)

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Species Nyassomelania laevigata Bourguignat, 1889 (uncertain, use in recent literature not established by editor)
Species Nyassomelania leia Bourguignat, 1889 (uncertain, use in recent literature not established by editor)
Species Nyassomelania truncatelliformis Bourguignat, 1889 (uncertain, use in recent literature not established by editor)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

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
page(s): 30. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nyassomelania Bourguignat, 1889. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=955002 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-02-05 11:02:37Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2025-06-21 08:10:04Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description 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
page(s): 30. [details]

source of synonymy Vinarski, M. V.; Kantor, Yu. I. (2016). Analytical catalogue of fresh and brackish water molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 544 pp.
page(s): 178 [details] Available for editors

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