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Melania tanganyicensis E. A. Smith, 1880
1060101 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1060101)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Species
Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798
Horea tanganikana Bourguignat, 1888 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation (unjustified emendation of Melania...)
unjustified emendation of Melania tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880
Smith, E. A. (1880). Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 5, 6: 425-430., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25170650
page(s): 427. [details]
page(s): 427. [details]
Type locality contained in Tanganyika, Lake
type locality contained in Tanganyika, Lake [details]
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Smith, E. A. (1880). Diagnoses of new shells from Lake Tanganyika and East Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 5, 6: 425-430., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25170650
page(s): 427. [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): 291, pl. 34, fig. 25. [details]
page(s): 427. [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): 291, pl. 34, fig. 25. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
