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Lanistes neavei Melvill & Standen, 1907
843783 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:843783)
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Species
Lanistes neavei var. unicolor Melvill & Standen, 1907 · unaccepted (variety)
- Variety Lanistes neavei var. unicolor Melvill & Standen, 1907 accepted as Lanistes neavei Melvill & Standen, 1907 (variety)
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Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1907). Notes on a collection of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca, made in North-Eastern Rhodesia, during 1905, by Mr. Sheffield A. Neave, M.A., B.Sc. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 51 (4): 1-16, 1 unnumbered plate. [20 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34063251
page(s): 6, unnumbered pl., fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 6, unnumbered pl., fig. 1 [details]
Note Zambia, “Kapopo” [southwest of Ndola]
Type locality Zambia, “Kapopo” [southwest of Ndola] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lanistes neavei Melvill & Standen, 1907. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843783 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1907). Notes on a collection of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca, made in North-Eastern Rhodesia, during 1905, by Mr. Sheffield A. Neave, M.A., B.Sc. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 51 (4): 1-16, 1 unnumbered plate. [20 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34063251
page(s): 6, unnumbered pl., fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Lanistes nsendweensis katanganus Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) Pilsbry, H. A. & Bequaert, J. C. (1927). The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo: with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 53: 69-602., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/975
page(s): 191-192, pl. 18, fig. 11 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Lanistes neavei var. unicolor Melvill & Standen, 1907) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1907). Notes on a collection of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca, made in North-Eastern Rhodesia, during 1905, by Mr. Sheffield A. Neave, M.A., B.Sc. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 51 (4): 1-16, 1 unnumbered plate. [20 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34063251
page(s): 6-7, fig. 3 [details]
basis of record Cowie, R. H. (2015). The recent apple snails of Africa and Asia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: <i>Afropomus, Forbesopomus, Lanistes, Pila, Saulea</i>): a nomenclatural and type catalogue. The apple snails of the Americas: addenda and corrigenda. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3940(1): 1-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3940.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Brown D. S. (1994). <i>Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance</i>, revised 2nd edition. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. i-x, 1-607.
page(s): 60, fig. 26e. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 6, unnumbered pl., fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Lanistes nsendweensis katanganus Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) Pilsbry, H. A. & Bequaert, J. C. (1927). The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo: with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 53: 69-602., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/975
page(s): 191-192, pl. 18, fig. 11 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Lanistes neavei var. unicolor Melvill & Standen, 1907) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1907). Notes on a collection of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca, made in North-Eastern Rhodesia, during 1905, by Mr. Sheffield A. Neave, M.A., B.Sc. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 51 (4): 1-16, 1 unnumbered plate. [20 February]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34063251
page(s): 6-7, fig. 3 [details]
basis of record Cowie, R. H. (2015). The recent apple snails of Africa and Asia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Ampullariidae: <i>Afropomus, Forbesopomus, Lanistes, Pila, Saulea</i>): a nomenclatural and type catalogue. The apple snails of the Americas: addenda and corrigenda. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3940(1): 1-92., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3940.1.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Brown D. S. (1994). <i>Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance</i>, revised 2nd edition. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. i-x, 1-607.
page(s): 60, fig. 26e. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality Zambia, “Kapopo” [southwest of Ndola] [details]
To GB Mollusca Types (Lanistes neavei unicolor Melvill & Standen, 1907; Syntype(s); MANCH.EE.7910)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
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