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nominal species Caelatura (s.s.) mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

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Caelatura (s.s.) mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 = Coelatura mesafricana

specimen image from publicationPilsbry & Bequaert, 1927. Bull. AMNH 53: 402, pl. 32, figs. 2-2a.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) AMNH_72093, Garamba River, 04°10’N, 29°40’E, Belgian Congo [Zaire], Africa.

Taxonomic Opinions

= Coelatura mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 — Campbell & Lydeard, 2026: 292.

= Coelatura mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 — Graf & Cummings, 2021: 23.

= Coelatura cf. mesafricanaOrtiz-Sepulveda et al., 2020: [5].

+ Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862) — Graf et al., 2014: 312.

+ Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862) — Graf & Cummings, 2011: [25].

+ Coelatura gabonensis (Kuster, 1862) — IUCN, 2010: [web].

+ Coelatura gabonensis (Küster, 1862) — Daget, 1998: 48.

+ Caelatura [sic] aegyptiaca gabonensis (Küster, 1862) — Mandahl-Barth, 1988: 26, 38.

= Mesafra mesafricana mesafricana (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) — Haas, 1969: 157.

= Mesafra mesafricana (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) — Haas, 1969: N425, fig. D24:3.

= Caelatura [sic] mesafricana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 — Mandahl-Barth, 1968: 53, pl. 10, fig. 8.

= Mesafra mesafricana mesafricana (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) — Haas, 1936: 84.

= Cælatura [sic] (s.s.) mesafricana (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927) — Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: 402, pl. 32, figs. 2-2a.