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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Publication Preston (1913): summary
publication summary Complete CitationPreston, 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 SpeciesMutela lukuluensis Preston, 1913
  Preston, 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. | |
Mutela mathildae Preston, 1913
  Preston, 1913. Rev. Zool. Afr. 3(1): 61, pl. 6, fig. 7.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_57421, Riv. Shire. | |
Mutela sarae Preston, 1913
  Preston, 1913. Rev. Zool. Afr. 3(1): 61, pl. 6, fig. 6.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MRAC_57420, Riv Shire, pres... Nyassa. | |
Spatha mwayana Preston, 1913
  Preston, 1913. Rev. Zool. Afr. 3(1): 62, pl. 5, fig. 15.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) MRAC_57522, Nyassa. | |
Unio nyassanus Preston, 1913
‘Lea’ Preston, 1913. Rev. Zool. Afr. 3(1): 59. | |
Unio (Nodularia) caesariana Preston, 1913
  Preston, 1913. Rev. Zool. Afr. 3(1): 60, pl. 4, fig. 9.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MRAC_56588, Lac Nyassa. | |
Unio (Nodularia) luapulaensis Preston, 1913
  Preston, 1913. Rev. Zool. Afr. 3(1): 60, pl. 4, fig. 11.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MRAC_56593, Kasanga, confluent du div Lukulu et Luapula. | |
Unio nyassanus [sic] var. hercules Preston, 1913
 Preston, 1913. Rev. Zool. Afr. 3(1): 59, pl. 4, fig. 10.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) MRAC_56413, Riv. Shire, ... Lac Nyassa. | |
Unio tanganyicensis var. exalbida Preston, 1913
Preston, 1913. Rev. Zool. Afr. 3(1): 60. | |
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