MolluscaBase taxon details
Semisulcospira niponica (E. A. Smith, 1876)
1059806 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1059806)
accepted
Species
Melania biwae Kobelt, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (junior synonym)
Melania niponica E. A. Smith, 1876 · unaccepted (original combination)
(of Melania niponica E. A. Smith, 1876) Smith, E. A. (1876). Description of some new species of land and freshwater shells, and remarks on other species found in Japan. <em>Quarterly Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(8): 118-127., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16283501
page(s): 123-124. [details]
page(s): 123-124. [details]
Type locality contained in Biwa lake
type locality contained in Biwa lake [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Semisulcospira niponica (E. A. Smith, 1876). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1059806 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Melania niponica E. A. Smith, 1876) Smith, E. A. (1876). Description of some new species of land and freshwater shells, and remarks on other species found in Japan. <em>Quarterly Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(8): 118-127., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16283501
page(s): 123-124. [details]
original description (of Melania biwae Kobelt, 1879) Kobelt, W. (1879). Fauna japonica extramarina. Nach den von Professor Rein gemachten Sammlungen. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 11: 285-445., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16110189
page(s): 416, pl. 19, fig. 9 [details]
basis of record Davis, G. M. (1969). A taxonomic study of some species of <i>Semisulcospira</i> in Japan (Mesogastropoda: Pleuroceridae). <em>Malacologia.</em> 7(2-3): 211-294., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13122400#page/229/
page(s): 243-246 [details]
page(s): 123-124. [details]
original description (of Melania biwae Kobelt, 1879) Kobelt, W. (1879). Fauna japonica extramarina. Nach den von Professor Rein gemachten Sammlungen. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 11: 285-445., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16110189
page(s): 416, pl. 19, fig. 9 [details]
basis of record Davis, G. M. (1969). A taxonomic study of some species of <i>Semisulcospira</i> in Japan (Mesogastropoda: Pleuroceridae). <em>Malacologia.</em> 7(2-3): 211-294., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13122400#page/229/
page(s): 243-246 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To NHMUK collection (Melania niponica Smith, 1876; LECTOTYPE AND PARALECTOTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:7840467) (from synonym Melania niponica E. A. Smith, 1876)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
