MolluscaBase taxon details

Bellamya liberiana (Schepman, 1888)

1291345  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1291345)

accepted
Species
Paludina liberiana Schepman, 1888 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Paludina liberiana Schepman, 1888) Schepman, M. M. (1888). Zoological researches in Liberia. List of Mollusca, with descriptions of new species. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 10:245–252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9622556
page(s): 248-249, pl. 10, fig. 1 [details]   
Note Liberia, on rocks in the St Paul’s River...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Liberia, on rocks in the St Paul’s River near Bavia [details]
Taxonomy From its size and shape, this shell could be taken for a Bellamya, but from the description of the surface as...  
Taxonomy From its size and shape, this shell could be taken for a Bellamya, but from the description of the surface as ‘granular’ it might also be a Potadoma. Operculum and anatomy unknown [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Bellamya liberiana (Schepman, 1888). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1291345 on 2024-03-29
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original description  (of Paludina liberiana Schepman, 1888) Schepman, M. M. (1888). Zoological researches in Liberia. List of Mollusca, with descriptions of new species. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 10:245–252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9622556
page(s): 248-249, pl. 10, fig. 1 [details]   

basis of record Brown D. S. (1994). <i>Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance</i>, revised 2nd edition. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. i-x, 1-607.
page(s): 60, fig. 22d [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Taxonomy From its size and shape, this shell could be taken for a Bellamya, but from the description of the surface as ‘granular’ it might also be a Potadoma. Operculum and anatomy unknown [details]

Type locality Liberia, on rocks in the St Paul’s River near Bavia [details]

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