Traits taxon details
original description
(of ) Lea, I.; Lea, H. C. (1851). Description of a new genus of the family Melaniana, and of many new species of the genus <i>Melania</i>, chiefly collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., during his zoological voyage in the East , and now first described. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 18: 179-197 [28 February 1851, teste Duncan (1937:81)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12858889 page(s): 182 [details]
basis of record
Brown, D. S. (1980). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. Taylor & Francis, London. 1-487. page(s): 107 [details]
additional source
Bacci, G. (1951). Elementi per una malacofauna dell'Abissinia e della Somalia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 65: 1-145. Genova. page(s): 29. [details] Available for editors 
additional source
Connolly, M. (1925). The non-marine Mollusca of Portuguese East Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 12 (3): 105-220, pl. 4-8. Cape Town. [March]. page(s): 208 [details]
additional source
Germain, L. (1935). Contribution à l'étude de la faune du Mozambique. Voyage de M.P. Lesne (1928–29). 17e note – mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles. <em>Memórias e Estudos do Museu Zoológico da Universidadae de Coimbra [Series1] 80: 1–72.</em> page(s): 64 [details]
additional source
Appleton, C.C. (1977). The fresh-water Mollusca of Tongaland with a note on molluscan distribution in Lake Sibaya. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum 23(1):129-144.</em> page(s): 132 [details]
additional source
Appleton, C.C. (1996). Freshwater molluscs of southern Africa. University of Natal Press: Pietermaritzburg. Pp. 1–64. page(s): 24, fig. 25 [details]
additional source
Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 33: 1-660. page(s): 563 [details] Available for editors 
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): 121 [details] Available for editors 
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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