MolluscaBase - Horea tanganikana Bourguignat, 1888

MolluscaBase name details

Horea tanganikana Bourguignat, 1888

AphiaID

1816995 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1816995)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > unjustified emendation (unjustified emendation of Melania tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880)

Accepted name

Melania tanganyicensis E. A. Smith, 1880 accepted as Melanoides polymorpha (E. A. Smith, 1878)

Rank

Species

Parent

Horea Bourguignat, 1888 accepted as Melanoides Olivier, 1804

Original name

Horea tanganikana Bourguignat, 1888

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Bourguignat, J.-R. (1888). Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du lac Tanganika. 1-82, pls 1-35. Corbeil (Crété)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13042696 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Horea tanganikana Bourguignat, 1888. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1816995 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2025-06-06 10:06:35Z

created

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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

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Sources (1)

original description Bourguignat, J.-R. (1888). Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du lac Tanganika. 1-82, pls 1-35. Corbeil (Crété)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13042696 [details]