MolluscaBase taxon details
Sphaerium victoriae E. A. Smith, 1906
1259940 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1259940)
accepted
Species
Sphaerium congener Preston, 1912 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
recent only
Smith, E. A. (1906). Zoological results of the Third Tanganyika Expedition, conducted by W.A. Cunnington, 1904-1905. Report on th Mollusca. <em>Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1906: 180-186., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31550234
page(s): 186, pl. 10, fig. 16 [details]
page(s): 186, pl. 10, fig. 16 [details]
Type locality contained in Victoria, Lake
, Note Type locality: Lake Victoria Nyanza
type locality contained in Victoria, Lake [details]
Type locality Type locality: Lake Victoria Nyanza [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sphaerium victoriae E. A. Smith, 1906. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1259940 on 2025-04-30
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original description
Smith, E. A. (1906). Zoological results of the Third Tanganyika Expedition, conducted by W.A. Cunnington, 1904-1905. Report on th Mollusca. <em>Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1906: 180-186., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31550234
page(s): 186, pl. 10, fig. 16 [details]
original description (of Sphaerium congener Preston, 1912) Preston, H.B. (1912). Diagnoses of new terrestrial and fluviatile shells from British East Africa and Uganda. Revue de Zoologie Africaine, 1 (3): 322-328, pl. 17. Bruxelles [31 March].
page(s): 327, pl. 17, fig. 2. [details]
basis of record Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]
page(s): 186, pl. 10, fig. 16 [details]
original description (of Sphaerium congener Preston, 1912) Preston, H.B. (1912). Diagnoses of new terrestrial and fluviatile shells from British East Africa and Uganda. Revue de Zoologie Africaine, 1 (3): 322-328, pl. 17. Bruxelles [31 March].
page(s): 327, pl. 17, fig. 2. [details]
basis of record Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Type locality: Lake Victoria Nyanza [details]
