Marine Species Traits - Biomphalaria pfeifferi (Krauss, 1848)

(of Planorbis pfeifferi 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): 83, pl. v, fig. 7. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in South Africa (country)

type locality contained in South Africa (country) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Biomphalaria pfeifferi (Krauss, 1848). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1058681 on 2024-06-05

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original description (of Planorbis bowkeri Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893) Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1893). Descriptions of twenty new species of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca from South Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series. 6, 12: 103–112. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24343863
page(s): 111, pl. 3, fig. 19. [details]

original description (of Planorbis pfeifferi 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): 83, pl. v, fig. 7. [details]

original description (of Planorbis (Coretus) hermanni O. Boettger, 1910) Boettger, O. (1910). Die Binnenkonchylien von Deutsch–Südwestafrika und ihre Beziehungen zur Molluskenfauna des Kaplandes. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 32 [Festschrift Kobelt]: 431–456, pl. 28. Frankfurt am Main., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58353782
page(s): 452, pl. 28, fig. 18a-c [details]

original description (of Planorbis nairobiensis Dautzenberg, 1908) Dautzenberg P. (1908). Récolte malacologique de M. Ch. Alluaud en Afrique Orientale (1903-1904). Journal de Conchyliologie. 56: 1-34, plates 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16297969
page(s): 16, pl. 2, figs 1-3. [details]

original description (of Planorbis madagascariensis E. A. Smith, 1882) Smith, E. A. (1882). A contribution to the Molluscan fauna of Madagascar. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1882: 375–390., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30825691
page(s): 387, pl. 22, figs 20-22. [details]

original description (of Planorbis adowensis Bourguignat, 1879) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1879). Description de diverses espèces terrestres et fluviatiles et de différents genres de Mollusques de l'Égypte, de l'Abyssinie, de Zanzibar, du Sénégal et du Centre de l'Afrique. 54 pp. Paris: Jules Tremblay. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33858637
page(s): 11. [details]

original description (of Planorbis hildebrandti E. von Martens, 1883) Martens, E. von. (1883). Diagnosen neuer Arten. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 10: 81-84. [Jan 1883]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27005761
page(s): 83. [details]

original description (of Planorbis bridouxianus Bourguignat, 1888) 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
page(s): pl. 1, figs 9-12.; note: Name and illustration only. Written description 1890 [details]

original description (of Planorbis ruppellii Dunker, 1848) Dunker, W. (1848). Diagnoses specierum novarum generis Planorbis collectionis Cumingianae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 16: 40-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861882
page(s): 42 [details]

original description (of Biomphalaria ruppellii katangae F. Haas, 1934) Haas, F. (1934). Beschreibung einiger afrikanischer Binnenschnecken. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 107: 221–224.
page(s): 223-224, fig. 3 [details]

basis of record Jarne, P., Pointier, J.-P. & David, P. (2011). Biosystematics of Biomphalaria spp. with an emphasis on Biomphalaria glabrata. Biomphalaria Snails and Larval Trematodes. 1-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7028-2_1 [details]

additional source Brown, D. S.; Curtis, B. A.; Bethune, S.; Appleton, C. C. (1992). Freshwater snails of East Caprivi and the lower Okavango River Basin in Namibia and Botswana. Hydrobiologia. 246(1): 9-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00005620
page(s): 29 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Appleton, C.C. (1977). The fresh-water Mollusca of Tongaland with a note on molluscan distribution in Lake Sibaya. Annals of the Natal Museum 23(1):129-144.
page(s): 133 [details]

additional source Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. Annals of the South African Museum. 33: 1-660.
page(s): 484 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance, revised 2nd edition. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. i-x, 1-607.
page(s): 195 [details] Available for editors

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