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Valvata nilotica Jickeli, 1874
1060876 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1060876)
accepted
Species
Valvata aegyptiaca Innes, 1884 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Valvata callista Innes, 1884 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Valvata khedivialis Innes, 1884 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Valvata petrettinii Innes, 1884 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Valvata pharaonum Innes, 1884 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Valvata planulata Innes, 1884 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Valvata rothi Innes, 1884 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Valvata schweinfurthi Innes, 1884 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
- Subspecies Valvata nilotica nilotica Jickeli, 1874
- Subspecies Valvata nilotica scioana Pollonera, 1888
- Variety Valvata nilotica var. scioana Pollonera, 1888 accepted as Valvata nilotica scioana Pollonera, 1888 (original rank)
recent + fossil
Jickeli, C. F. (1874). Fauna der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken Nord-Ost-Afrika's (Die erste Abtheilung der wissenschaftlichen Resultate seiner Reise mit einschliessend). <em>Nova Acta der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher.</em> 37 (1): 1-352, 11 plates. Halle., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12577303
page(s): 233–235, pl. 7: fig. 29a–c [details]
page(s): 233–235, pl. 7: fig. 29a–c [details]
Note Mahmudi Canal, Nile river near Alexandria, Egypt
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Type locality Mahmudi Canal, Nile river near Alexandria, Egypt [details]
Distribution Egypt, lower Nile; abundant in drains. Ethiopia: living in the highland area from Akaki northwards to Lake Tana, common in...
Distribution Egypt, lower Nile; abundant in drains. Ethiopia: living in the highland area from Akaki northwards to Lake Tana, common in the Debra Berhan area; subfossil shells further
south near Lake Zwai. N Sudan: ‘modern’ and fossil shells near the 2nd Nile Cataract [details]
south near Lake Zwai. N Sudan: ‘modern’ and fossil shells near the 2nd Nile Cataract [details]
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original description
Jickeli, C. F. (1874). Fauna der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken Nord-Ost-Afrika's (Die erste Abtheilung der wissenschaftlichen Resultate seiner Reise mit einschliessend). <em>Nova Acta der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher.</em> 37 (1): 1-352, 11 plates. Halle., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12577303
page(s): 233–235, pl. 7: fig. 29a–c [details]
original description (of Valvata aegyptiaca Innes, 1884) Innes, W. (1884). Recensement des Planorbes et des Valvées de l'Égypte. <em>Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France.</em> 1: 329–356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890968
page(s): 350 [details]
original description (of Valvata callista Innes, 1884) Innes, W. (1884). Recensement des Planorbes et des Valvées de l'Égypte. <em>Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France.</em> 1: 329–356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890968
page(s): 350 [details]
original description (of Valvata khedivialis Innes, 1884) Innes, W. (1884). Recensement des Planorbes et des Valvées de l'Égypte. <em>Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France.</em> 1: 329–356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890968
page(s): 348 [details]
original description (of Valvata petrettinii Innes, 1884) Innes, W. (1884). Recensement des Planorbes et des Valvées de l'Égypte. <em>Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France.</em> 1: 329–356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890968
page(s): 349 [details]
original description (of Valvata pharaonum Innes, 1884) Innes, W. (1884). Recensement des Planorbes et des Valvées de l'Égypte. <em>Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France.</em> 1: 329–356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890968
page(s): 351 [details]
original description (of Valvata planulata Innes, 1884) Innes, W. (1884). Recensement des Planorbes et des Valvées de l'Égypte. <em>Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France.</em> 1: 329–356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890968
page(s): 351 [details]
original description (of Valvata rothi Innes, 1884) Innes, W. (1884). Recensement des Planorbes et des Valvées de l'Égypte. <em>Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France.</em> 1: 329–356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890968
page(s): 347 [details]
original description (of Valvata schweinfurthi Innes, 1884) Innes, W. (1884). Recensement des Planorbes et des Valvées de l'Égypte. <em>Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France.</em> 1: 329–356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890968
page(s): 352 [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): 68, fig. 31. [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): 21. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Haszprunar, G. (2014). A nomenclator of extant and fossil taxa of the Valvatidae (Gastropoda, Ectobranchia). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 377: 1-172. Sofia [5 February]., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.377.6032
page(s): 75 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source van Damme D. (1984). The freshwater mollusca of Northern Africa: Distribution, biogeography and paleoecology. <em>Developments in Hydrobiology.</em> 25: 1-163.
page(s): 13, fig. 13 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 233–235, pl. 7: fig. 29a–c [details]
original description (of Valvata aegyptiaca Innes, 1884) Innes, W. (1884). Recensement des Planorbes et des Valvées de l'Égypte. <em>Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France.</em> 1: 329–356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890968
page(s): 350 [details]
original description (of Valvata callista Innes, 1884) Innes, W. (1884). Recensement des Planorbes et des Valvées de l'Égypte. <em>Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France.</em> 1: 329–356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890968
page(s): 350 [details]
original description (of Valvata khedivialis Innes, 1884) Innes, W. (1884). Recensement des Planorbes et des Valvées de l'Égypte. <em>Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France.</em> 1: 329–356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890968
page(s): 348 [details]
original description (of Valvata petrettinii Innes, 1884) Innes, W. (1884). Recensement des Planorbes et des Valvées de l'Égypte. <em>Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France.</em> 1: 329–356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890968
page(s): 349 [details]
original description (of Valvata pharaonum Innes, 1884) Innes, W. (1884). Recensement des Planorbes et des Valvées de l'Égypte. <em>Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France.</em> 1: 329–356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890968
page(s): 351 [details]
original description (of Valvata planulata Innes, 1884) Innes, W. (1884). Recensement des Planorbes et des Valvées de l'Égypte. <em>Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France.</em> 1: 329–356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890968
page(s): 351 [details]
original description (of Valvata rothi Innes, 1884) Innes, W. (1884). Recensement des Planorbes et des Valvées de l'Égypte. <em>Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France.</em> 1: 329–356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890968
page(s): 347 [details]
original description (of Valvata schweinfurthi Innes, 1884) Innes, W. (1884). Recensement des Planorbes et des Valvées de l'Égypte. <em>Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France.</em> 1: 329–356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890968
page(s): 352 [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): 68, fig. 31. [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): 21. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Haszprunar, G. (2014). A nomenclator of extant and fossil taxa of the Valvatidae (Gastropoda, Ectobranchia). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 377: 1-172. Sofia [5 February]., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.377.6032
page(s): 75 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source van Damme D. (1984). The freshwater mollusca of Northern Africa: Distribution, biogeography and paleoecology. <em>Developments in Hydrobiology.</em> 25: 1-163.
page(s): 13, fig. 13 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Egypt, lower Nile; abundant in drains. Ethiopia: living in the highland area from Akaki northwards to Lake Tana, common in the Debra Berhan area; subfossil shells furthersouth near Lake Zwai. N Sudan: ‘modern’ and fossil shells near the 2nd Nile Cataract [details]
Habitat Inhabit lakes, slowly flowing rivers, streams and irrigation channels; usually in vegetation, but on coarse sand at 3 m depth in Lake Tana [details]
Type locality Mahmudi Canal, Nile river near Alexandria, Egypt [details]
