MolluscaBase taxon details
Planorbarius metidjensis (Forbes, 1838)
1062886 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1062886)
accepted
Species
Planorbarius dufourii (Graells, 1846) · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Planorbis dufourii Graells, 1846 · unaccepted (basionym)
Planorbis metidjensis Forbes, 1838 · unaccepted
recent + fossil
(of Planorbis metidjensis Forbes, 1838) Forbes, E. (1838). On the land and freshwater mollusca of Algiers and Bougia. <em>Annals of Natural History.</em> 2 (10): 250-255, pl. 11-12 [plates published in Feb. 1839]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278430
page(s): p. 254, Pl. 12 Fig. 5 [details]
page(s): p. 254, Pl. 12 Fig. 5 [details]
Note Type locality: Algeria, Mitidjah marsh
Type locality Type locality: Algeria, Mitidjah marsh [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Planorbarius metidjensis (Forbes, 1838). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1062886 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Planorbis metidjensis Forbes, 1838) Forbes, E. (1838). On the land and freshwater mollusca of Algiers and Bougia. <em>Annals of Natural History.</em> 2 (10): 250-255, pl. 11-12 [plates published in Feb. 1839]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278430
page(s): p. 254, Pl. 12 Fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Planorbis dufourii Graells, 1846) Graells, M.P. (1846). Catalogo de los moluscos terrestres y de agua dulce observados en España, y descripción y notas de algunas especies nuevas o poco conocidas del mismo país. Viuda é Hijos de Don Antonia Calleja, Madrid, and Calleja, Ojea y Compañia, Lima. vii + 23 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14891373
page(s): 11-17, pl. 1 fig. 11-13 [details]
basis of record Welter-Schultes, F.W. (2012). European non-marine molluscs, a guide for species identification. <em>Planet Poster Editions, Göttingen.</em> A1-A3, 1–679, Q1-Q78.
page(s): 67 [details]
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): 206, fig. 101c. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p. 254, Pl. 12 Fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Planorbis dufourii Graells, 1846) Graells, M.P. (1846). Catalogo de los moluscos terrestres y de agua dulce observados en España, y descripción y notas de algunas especies nuevas o poco conocidas del mismo país. Viuda é Hijos de Don Antonia Calleja, Madrid, and Calleja, Ojea y Compañia, Lima. vii + 23 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14891373
page(s): 11-17, pl. 1 fig. 11-13 [details]
basis of record Welter-Schultes, F.W. (2012). European non-marine molluscs, a guide for species identification. <em>Planet Poster Editions, Göttingen.</em> A1-A3, 1–679, Q1-Q78.
page(s): 67 [details]
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): 206, fig. 101c. [details] Available for editors





From editor or global species database
Type locality Type locality: Algeria, Mitidjah marsh [details]
To Conchology (Planorbarius metidjensis)
To Conchology (Planorbarius metidjensis)
To Conchology (Planorbarius metidjensis)
To Malacopics (Planorbarius metidjensis (Forbes, 1838) Spain, Andalucía, Málaga, Cartajima, near El Pilar de la Higuera, Arroyo de la Zarza, sampled manually, alt. 900 m, collected 2017-10-00 .)
To Conchology (Planorbarius metidjensis)
To Conchology (Planorbarius metidjensis)
To Malacopics (Planorbarius metidjensis (Forbes, 1838) Spain, Andalucía, Málaga, Cartajima, near El Pilar de la Higuera, Arroyo de la Zarza, sampled manually, alt. 900 m, collected 2017-10-00 .)