MolluscaBase taxon details
Pila ovata gordoni (E. A. Smith, 1882)
1290269 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1290269)
accepted
Subspecies
Ampullaria gordoni E. A. Smith, 1892 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
(of Ampullaria gordoni E. A. Smith, 1892) Smith, E. A. (1892). Additions to the shell-fauna of the Victoria Nyanza or Lake Oukéréwé. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 6, 10 (59), 380–383., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27658985
page(s): 382-383. [details]
page(s): 382-383. [details]
Type locality contained in Victoria, Lake
, Note “Victoria Nyanza (south end ?)”
type locality contained in Victoria, Lake [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Type locality “Victoria Nyanza (south end ?)” [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pila ovata gordoni (E. A. Smith, 1882). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1290269 on 2025-09-12
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(of Ampullaria gordoni E. A. Smith, 1892) Smith, E. A. (1892). Additions to the shell-fauna of the Victoria Nyanza or Lake Oukéréwé. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 6, 10 (59), 380–383., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27658985
page(s): 382-383. [details]
basis of record Cowie, R. H. (2015). The recent apple snails of Africa and Asia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: <i>Afropomus, Forbesopomus, Lanistes, Pila, Saulea</i>): a nomenclatural and type catalogue. The apple snails of the Americas: addenda and corrigenda. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3940(1): 1-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3940.1.1
page(s): 37 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 382-383. [details]
basis of record Cowie, R. H. (2015). The recent apple snails of Africa and Asia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: <i>Afropomus, Forbesopomus, Lanistes, Pila, Saulea</i>): a nomenclatural and type catalogue. The apple snails of the Americas: addenda and corrigenda. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3940(1): 1-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3940.1.1
page(s): 37 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality “Victoria Nyanza (south end ?)” [details]
