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Bellamya capillata (Frauenfeld, 1865)
1058687 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1058687)
accepted
Species
Paludina capillata (Frauenfeld, 1865) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Vivipara capillata Frauenfeld, 1865 · unaccepted (original combination)
Vivipara kalingwisiensis E. A. Smith, 1908 · unaccepted
Vivipara passargei E. von Martens, 1904 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Viviparus capillatus (Frauenfeld, 1865) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Viviparus passargei E. von Martens, 1904 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
(of Vivipara capillata Frauenfeld, 1865) Frauenfeld, G. von. (1865). Zoologische Miscellen. V. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 15, Abhandlungen: 525-536, pl. 8-12. Wien., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16400966
page(s): 533, Taf. 22 [details]
page(s): 533, Taf. 22 [details]
Note Lake Nyasa (Malawi).
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Type locality Lake Nyasa (Malawi). [details]
Taxonomy The species Bellamya capillata, as presently defined on conchyological, anatomical and embryological characters, is clearly...
Taxonomy The species Bellamya capillata, as presently defined on conchyological, anatomical and embryological characters, is clearly polyphyletic in genetic trees. The large genetic diversity (up to 12.6%) in 'B. capillata' specimens from for example Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe suggests that they constitute three different species (Sengupta et al. 2009). A taxonomic revision of the African representatives of the genus Bellamya is therefore needed. [details]
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original description
(of Vivipara capillata Frauenfeld, 1865) Frauenfeld, G. von. (1865). Zoologische Miscellen. V. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 15, Abhandlungen: 525-536, pl. 8-12. Wien., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16400966
page(s): 533, Taf. 22 [details]
original description (of Vivipara passargei E. von Martens, 1904) Martens, E. von. (1904). Anhang VII. Mollusken. Pages 754–759, in: Passarge, S. (ed.) Die Kalahari. Versuch einer physisch-geographischen Darstellung der Sandfelder des südafrikanischen Beckens. Ditrich Reimer, Berlin.
page(s): 757, fig. 3. [details]
original description (of Vivipara kalingwisiensis E. A. Smith, 1908) Smith, E. A. (1908). Descriptions of new species of fresh-water shells from central Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 8: 12-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058207
page(s): 12-13, text fig. [details]
basis of record Stelbrink, B., R. Richter, F. Köhler, F. Riedel, E.E. Strong, B. Van Bocxlaer, C. Albrecht, T. Hauffe, T.J. Page, D.C. Aldridge, A.E. Bogan, Li-Na Du, M.R. Manuel-Santos, R.M. Marwoto, A.A. Shirokaya & T. Von Rintelen. (2020). Global diversification dynamics since the Jurassic: Low dispersal and habitat-dependent evolution explain hotspots of diversity and shell disparity in River Snails (Viviparidae). <em>Systematic Biology.</em> 69(5): 944-961., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syaa011 [details] Available for editors
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additional source 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): 54, fig. 19d-g [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Brown, D. S.; Curtis, B. A.; Bethune, S.; Appleton, C. C. (1992). Freshwater snails of East Caprivi and the lower Okavango River Basin in Namibia and Botswana. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 246(1): 9-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00005620
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bacci, G. (1951). Elementi per una malacofauna dell'Abissinia e della Somalia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 65: 1-145. Genova.
page(s): 18. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Damme, D. & Lange, C. (2016). Bellamya capillata. <em>IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.</em> , available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/165783/0 [details]
additional source Appleton, C.C. (1977). The fresh-water Mollusca of Tongaland with a note on molluscan distribution in Lake Sibaya. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum 23(1):129-144.</em>
page(s): 132 [details]
additional source Appleton, C.C. (1996). Freshwater molluscs of southern Africa. University of Natal Press: Pietermaritzburg. Pp. 1–64.
page(s): 18 [details]
page(s): 533, Taf. 22 [details]
original description (of Vivipara passargei E. von Martens, 1904) Martens, E. von. (1904). Anhang VII. Mollusken. Pages 754–759, in: Passarge, S. (ed.) Die Kalahari. Versuch einer physisch-geographischen Darstellung der Sandfelder des südafrikanischen Beckens. Ditrich Reimer, Berlin.
page(s): 757, fig. 3. [details]
original description (of Vivipara kalingwisiensis E. A. Smith, 1908) Smith, E. A. (1908). Descriptions of new species of fresh-water shells from central Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 8: 12-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058207
page(s): 12-13, text fig. [details]
basis of record Stelbrink, B., R. Richter, F. Köhler, F. Riedel, E.E. Strong, B. Van Bocxlaer, C. Albrecht, T. Hauffe, T.J. Page, D.C. Aldridge, A.E. Bogan, Li-Na Du, M.R. Manuel-Santos, R.M. Marwoto, A.A. Shirokaya & T. Von Rintelen. (2020). Global diversification dynamics since the Jurassic: Low dispersal and habitat-dependent evolution explain hotspots of diversity and shell disparity in River Snails (Viviparidae). <em>Systematic Biology.</em> 69(5): 944-961., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syaa011 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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): 54, fig. 19d-g [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Brown, D. S.; Curtis, B. A.; Bethune, S.; Appleton, C. C. (1992). Freshwater snails of East Caprivi and the lower Okavango River Basin in Namibia and Botswana. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 246(1): 9-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00005620
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bacci, G. (1951). Elementi per una malacofauna dell'Abissinia e della Somalia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 65: 1-145. Genova.
page(s): 18. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Van Damme, D. & Lange, C. (2016). Bellamya capillata. <em>IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.</em> , available online at http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/165783/0 [details]
additional source Appleton, C.C. (1977). The fresh-water Mollusca of Tongaland with a note on molluscan distribution in Lake Sibaya. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum 23(1):129-144.</em>
page(s): 132 [details]
additional source Appleton, C.C. (1996). Freshwater molluscs of southern Africa. University of Natal Press: Pietermaritzburg. Pp. 1–64.
page(s): 18 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy The species Bellamya capillata, as presently defined on conchyological, anatomical and embryological characters, is clearly polyphyletic in genetic trees. The large genetic diversity (up to 12.6%) in 'B. capillata' specimens from for example Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe suggests that they constitute three different species (Sengupta et al. 2009). A taxonomic revision of the African representatives of the genus Bellamya is therefore needed. [details]Type locality Lake Nyasa (Malawi). [details]
