WoRMS taxon details
Hydrobia knysnaensis (Krauss, 1848)
595398 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:595398)
accepted
Species
Assiminea knysnaensis (Krauss, 1848) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Paludina knysnaensis Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
brackish, terrestrial
(of Paludina knysnaensis Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 86, pl. 5, fig. 17. [details]
page(s): 86, pl. 5, fig. 17. [details]
Type locality contained in South Coast of South Africa
type locality contained in South Coast of South Africa [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hydrobia knysnaensis (Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=595398 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Paludina knysnaensis Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 86, pl. 5, fig. 17. [details]
basis of record Barnes R.S.K. 2004. The distribution and habitat in the Knysna Estuary of the endemic South African mudsnail <i>Hydrobia knysnaensis</i> and the influence of intraspecific competition and ambient salinity on its abundance. <i>African Journal of Aquatic Science</i>, 29(2). 205-211., available online at https://doi.org/10.2989/16085910409503811 [details]
page(s): 86, pl. 5, fig. 17. [details]
basis of record Barnes R.S.K. 2004. The distribution and habitat in the Knysna Estuary of the endemic South African mudsnail <i>Hydrobia knysnaensis</i> and the influence of intraspecific competition and ambient salinity on its abundance. <i>African Journal of Aquatic Science</i>, 29(2). 205-211., available online at https://doi.org/10.2989/16085910409503811 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
