MolluscaBase - Bulinus (Bulinus) nyassanus (E. A. Smith, 1877)

MolluscaBase name details

Bulinus (Bulinus) nyassanus (E. A. Smith, 1877)

AphiaID

1339536 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1339536)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Bulinus nyassanus (E. A. Smith, 1878)

Rank

Species

Parent

Bulinus (Bulinus) O. F. Müller, 1781 represented as Bulinus O. F. Müller, 1781

Original name

Physa nyassana E. A. Smith, 1878

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Physa nyassana E. A. Smith, 1878) Smith, E. A. (1878). On the shells of Lake Nyasa, and on a few marine species from Mozambique. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 712-722. Dated 1877, published 1878., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518674
page(s): 717, pl. LXXV, figs. 16, 17 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bulinus (Bulinus) nyassanus (E. A. Smith, 1877). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/10.1371/10.1111/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1339536 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-04-10 07:05:15Z

created

Vinarski, Maxim

2022-06-07 00:24:10Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

original description (of Physa nyassana E. A. Smith, 1878) Smith, E. A. (1878). On the shells of Lake Nyasa, and on a few marine species from Mozambique. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 712-722. Dated 1877, published 1878., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518674
page(s): 717, pl. LXXV, figs. 16, 17 [details]