MolluscaBase - Tiphobia (Paramelania) nassa (S. P. Woodward, 1859)

MolluscaBase name details

Tiphobia (Paramelania) nassa (S. P. Woodward, 1859)

AphiaID

1462400 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1462400)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (basionym)

Accepted name

Lavigeria nassa (S. P. Woodward, 1859)

Rank

Species

Parent

Tiphobia (Paramelania) E. A. Smith, 1881 accepted as Paramelania E. A. Smith, 1881

Original name

Melania nassa S. P. Woodward, 1859

Direct children (2)

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Variety Tiphobia (Paramelania) nassa var. grandis (E. A. Smith, 1881) accepted as Lavigeria grandis (E. A. Smith, 1881)
Variety Tiphobia (Paramelania) nassa var. paucicostata E. A. Smith, 1881 accepted as Lavigeria paucicostata (E. A. Smith, 1881)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tiphobia (Paramelania) nassa (S. P. Woodward, 1859). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1462400 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-10-17 10:12:15Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-12-10 18:58:00Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Sources (1)

basis of record Smith, E. A. (1881). Descriptions of two new species of shells from Lake Tanganyika. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1881: 558-561., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759755 [details]