MolluscaBase taxon details
Biomphalaria pfeifferi (Krauss, 1848)
1058681 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1058681)
accepted
Species
Biomphalaria katangae F. Haas, 1934 · unaccepted
Biomphalaria madagascariensis (E. A. Smith, 1882) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Biomphalaria ruppellii (Dunker, 1848) · unaccepted
Biomphalaria ruppellii katangae F. Haas, 1934 · unaccepted
Planorbis (Biomphalaria) katangae F. Haas, 1934 · unaccepted
Planorbis (Coretus) hermanni O. Boettger, 1910 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Planorbis (Coretus) pfeifferi Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Planorbis (Planorbula) pfeifferi Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Planorbis adowensis Bourguignat, 1879 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Planorbis bowkeri Melvill & Ponsonby, 1893 · unaccepted (synonym)
Planorbis bridouxianus Bourguignat, 1888 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Planorbis hildebrandti E. von Martens, 1883 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Planorbis madagascariensis E. A. Smith, 1882 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Planorbis nairobiensis Dautzenberg, 1908 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Planorbis pfeifferi Krauss, 1848 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Planorbis rueppellii Dunker, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Planorbis ruppellii Dunker, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
(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]
page(s): 83, pl. v, fig. 7. [details]
Type locality contained in South Africa (country)
type locality contained in South Africa (country) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Biomphalaria pfeifferi (Krauss, 1848). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1058681 on 2025-04-04
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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. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series. 6, 12: 103–112.</em> , 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. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 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). <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 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. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 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). <i>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</i>. 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. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 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 Biomphalaria ruppellii katangae F. Haas, 1934) Haas, F. (1934). Beschreibung einiger afrikanischer Binnenschnecken. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 107: 221–224.
page(s): 223-224, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Planorbis ruppellii Dunker, 1848) Dunker, W. (1848). Diagnoses specierum novarum generis <i>Planorbis</i> collectionis Cumingianae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 16: 40-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861882
page(s): 42 [details]
basis of record Jarne, P., Pointier, J.-P. & David, P. (2011). Biosystematics of <i>Biomphalaria</i> spp. with an emphasis on <i>Biomphalaria glabrata</i>. <em>Biomphalaria Snails and Larval Trematodes.</em> 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. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 246(1): 9-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00005620
page(s): 29 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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): 133 [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): 484 [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): 195 [details] Available for editors [request]
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. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 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). <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 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. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 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). <i>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</i>. 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. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 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 Biomphalaria ruppellii katangae F. Haas, 1934) Haas, F. (1934). Beschreibung einiger afrikanischer Binnenschnecken. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 107: 221–224.
page(s): 223-224, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Planorbis ruppellii Dunker, 1848) Dunker, W. (1848). Diagnoses specierum novarum generis <i>Planorbis</i> collectionis Cumingianae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 16: 40-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861882
page(s): 42 [details]
basis of record Jarne, P., Pointier, J.-P. & David, P. (2011). Biosystematics of <i>Biomphalaria</i> spp. with an emphasis on <i>Biomphalaria glabrata</i>. <em>Biomphalaria Snails and Larval Trematodes.</em> 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. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 246(1): 9-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00005620
page(s): 29 [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 133 [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): 484 [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): 195 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (81 barcodes)
To Conchology (Biomphalaria pfeifferi)
To Conchology (Biomphalaria pfeifferi)
To Conchology (Biomphalaria pfeifferi)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Biomphalaria pfeifferi)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Biomphalaria ruppellii) (from synonym Biomphalaria ruppellii (Dunker, 1848))
To GB Mollusca Types (Planorbis madagascariensis E. A. Smith, 1882; Syntype(s); BMT.1962Z14.32) (from synonym Planorbis madagascariensis E. A. Smith, 1882)
To GenBank (1064 nucleotides; 31881 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Biomphalaria ruppellii (Dunker, 1848))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Conchology (Biomphalaria pfeifferi)
To Conchology (Biomphalaria pfeifferi)
To Conchology (Biomphalaria pfeifferi)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Biomphalaria pfeifferi)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Biomphalaria ruppellii) (from synonym Biomphalaria ruppellii (Dunker, 1848))
To GB Mollusca Types (Planorbis madagascariensis E. A. Smith, 1882; Syntype(s); BMT.1962Z14.32) (from synonym Planorbis madagascariensis E. A. Smith, 1882)
To GenBank (1064 nucleotides; 31881 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Biomphalaria ruppellii (Dunker, 1848))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
