Publication Preston (1913): summary

Full Citation

Preston, H.B. 1913. New species and varieties of terrestrial and fluviatile shells from equatorial Africa. Revue Zoologique Africaine 3(1): 47-62, pls. 4-6. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

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Unio (Nodularia) caesariana Preston, 1913 = Nyassunio nyassaensis

specimen image from publicationPreston, 1913. Rev. Zool. Afr. 3(1): 60, pl. 4, fig. 9.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MRAC_56588, Lac Nyassa.

Unio tanganyicensis var. exalbida Preston, 1913 = Grandidieria burtoni

Preston, 1913. Rev. Zool. Afr. 3(1): 60.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tanganyicensis E.A. Smith, 1880)

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Unio nyassanus [sic] var. hercules Preston, 1913 = Nyassunio nyassaensis

Preston, 1913. Rev. Zool. Afr. 3(1): 59, pl. 4, fig. 10.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864)
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MRAC_56413, Riv. Shire, ... Lac Nyassa.

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Unio (Nodularia) luapulaensis Preston, 1913 = Coelatura luapulaensis

specimen image from publicationPreston, 1913. Rev. Zool. Afr. 3(1): 60, pl. 4, fig. 11.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MRAC_56593, Kasanga, confluent du div Lukulu et Luapula.

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Mutela lukuluensis Preston, 1913 = Aspatharia pfeifferiana

specimen image from publicationPreston, 1913. Rev. Zool. Afr. 3(1): 61, pl. 6, fig. 4.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MRAC_57422, confluence of the Lukulu and Luapula rivers, Belgian Congo.

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Mutela mathildae Preston, 1913 = Aspatharia subreniformis

specimen image from publicationPreston, 1913. Rev. Zool. Afr. 3(1): 61, pl. 6, fig. 7.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_57421, Riv. Shire.

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Spatha mwayana Preston, 1913 = Chambardia nyassaensis

specimen image from publicationPreston, 1913. Rev. Zool. Afr. 3(1): 62, pl. 5, fig. 15.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) MRAC_57522, Nyassa.

Unio nyassanus Preston, 1913 = Nyassunio nyassaensis

‘Lea’ Preston, 1913. Rev. Zool. Afr. 3(1): 59.
(error for Unio nyassaensis Lea, 1864)

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Mutela sarae Preston, 1913 = Aspatharia subreniformis

specimen image from publicationPreston, 1913. Rev. Zool. Afr. 3(1): 61, pl. 6, fig. 6.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MRAC_57420, Riv Shire, pres... Nyassa.