MolluscaBase name details
Assimania aurifera Preston, 1912
1338595 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1338595)
unaccepted (misspelling of genus)
Species
Assimania accepted as Assiminea J. Fleming, 1828
terrestrial
Preston, H. B. (1912). Diagnoses of new species of terrestrial and fluviatile shells from British and German East Africa, with the description of a new genus (Eussoia) from the Eusso Nyiro River, B.E. Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 80(1): 183-193, pls. 31-33. [13 March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31854893
page(s): 191, pl. 31, fig. 9. [details]
page(s): 191, pl. 31, fig. 9. [details]
Type locality contained in Kenya
type locality contained in Kenya [details]
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Preston, H. B. (1912). Diagnoses of new species of terrestrial and fluviatile shells from British and German East Africa, with the description of a new genus (Eussoia) from the Eusso Nyiro River, B.E. Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 80(1): 183-193, pls. 31-33. [13 March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31854893
page(s): 191, pl. 31, fig. 9. [details]
basis of record Brown, D. S. (1980). New and little known gastropod species of fresh and brackish waters in Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 46(2): 208-223.
page(s): 219 [details]
page(s): 191, pl. 31, fig. 9. [details]
basis of record Brown, D. S. (1980). New and little known gastropod species of fresh and brackish waters in Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 46(2): 208-223.
page(s): 219 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Classification Omphalotropidinae incertae sedis [details]
