Publication Preston (1909): summary

Full Citation

Preston, H.B. 1909. New land and freshwater shells from West Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 (8th series): 87-91, 10 figs. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Dreissensia bananaensis Preston, 1909 = Mytilopsis africana

Preston, 1909. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4: 88, pl. 4, fig. 3.

Corbicula gabonensis Preston, 1909 = Corbicula fluminalis

Preston, 1909. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4: 90, pl. 4, fig. 8.

Dreissensia gibberosa Preston, 1909 = Mytilopsis africana

Preston, 1909. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4: 89, pl. 4, fig. 4.

Fischeria globosa Preston, 1909 = Profischeria curta

Preston, 1909. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4: 90, pl. 4, fig. 10.

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Mutela lhotelleriana Preston, 1909 = Mutela mabilli

specimen image from publicationPreston, 1909. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4: 89, pl. 4, fig. 6.
Type(s): PARATYPE MRAC_58578, Gabon.

Galatea rubrotincta Preston, 1909 = Galatea congica

Preston, 1909. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4: 90, pl. 4, fig. 9.

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Spatha semicorrugata Preston, 1909 = Aspatharia ganciniensis

specimen image from publicationPreston, 1909. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4: 90, pl. 4, fig. 7.
Type(s): PARATYPE MRAC_57475, Bas-Congo.

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Unio (Nodularia) subnigra Preston, 1909 = Coelatura gabonensis

specimen image from publicationPreston, 1909. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4: 89, pl. 4, fig. 5.
(renamed Unio (Nodularia) putzeysi Preston, 1912; homonym of Unio subniger Lea, 1857)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_56798, Lower Belgian Congo.