MolluscaBase name details
Biomphalaria salinarum (Morelet, 1867)
1060941 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1060941)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
Planorbis salinarum Morelet, 1867 · unaccepted (original combination)
recent only
(of Planorbis salinarum Morelet, 1867) Morelet, A. (1867 ["1868"]). <i>Voyage du Dr Friederich Welwitsch exécuté par ordre du Gouvernement Portugais dans les royaumes d'Angola et de Benguella (Afrique équinoxiale). Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles.</i> Baillière et fils, Paris/London/New York. 102 pp., 9 pls, map. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12983668
page(s): 85, pl. 5, fig. 4. [details]
page(s): 85, pl. 5, fig. 4. [details]
Note Locus typicus: Angola, stream near Dungo (near...
Type locality Locus typicus: Angola, stream near Dungo (near the Cuije River) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Biomphalaria salinarum (Morelet, 1867). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1060941 on 2025-09-10
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(of Planorbis salinarum Morelet, 1867) Morelet, A. (1867 ["1868"]). <i>Voyage du Dr Friederich Welwitsch exécuté par ordre du Gouvernement Portugais dans les royaumes d'Angola et de Benguella (Afrique équinoxiale). Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles.</i> Baillière et fils, Paris/London/New York. 102 pp., 9 pls, map. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12983668
page(s): 85, pl. 5, fig. 4. [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): 213 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 487 [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Jarne, P., Pointier, J.-P. & David, P. (2011). Biosystematics of <i>Biomphalaria</i> spp. with an emphasis on <i>Biomphalaria glabrata</i>. <em>Biomphalaria Snails and Larval Trematodes.</em> 1-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7028-2_1
note: Jarne et al. (2011) regard this species as a 'dubious' one [details]
page(s): 85, pl. 5, fig. 4. [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): 213 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660.
page(s): 487 [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Jarne, P., Pointier, J.-P. & David, P. (2011). Biosystematics of <i>Biomphalaria</i> spp. with an emphasis on <i>Biomphalaria glabrata</i>. <em>Biomphalaria Snails and Larval Trematodes.</em> 1-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7028-2_1
note: Jarne et al. (2011) regard this species as a 'dubious' one [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality Locus typicus: Angola, stream near Dungo (near the Cuije River) [details]
