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Publication Martens (1860): summary
publication summary Complete CitationMartens, E.v. 1860. Verzeichniss der von Prof. Peters in Mossambique gesemmelten Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken. Malakozoologische Blätter 6: 211-221. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesCyrena astartina Martens, 1860
Martens, 1860. Malak. Blatt. 6: 219, pl. 3, figs. 6-7. | |
Spatha petersi Martens, 1860
  Martens, 1860. Malak. Blatt. 6: 218, pl. 3, figs. 1-2.
Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 251.
Type(s): SYNTYPES ZMB_4653, Zambeze, Tete Mosambik. | |
Spatha wahlbergi Martens, 1860
‘Krauss’ Martens, 1860. Malak. Blatt. 6: 217. | |
Spatha wahlbergi var. dorsalis Martens, 1897
 ‘Krauss’ Martens, 1860. Malak. Blatt. 6: 217 [as ‘Spatha wahlbergi’].
Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 247.
Type(s): SYNTYPE ZMB_43380, Ihindi, Ugogo. | |
Unio mossambicensis Martens, 1860
  ‘Peters’ Martens, 1860. Malak. Blatt. 6: 218, pl. 3, figs. 3-5.
‘Ptrs.’ Martens, 1897. Besch. Weich. Deutsch Ost Afr. 4: 225, pl. 7, fig. 2.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE ZMB_4654A (by Scholz & Glaubrecht, 2004: 97), Mosambik, Tete, unterer [lower] Sambesi. | |
Taxonomic OpinionsSpatha petersi n. = Chambardia petersi Spatha wahlbergi (Krauss) = Chambardia wahlbergi Unio mossambicensis Peters mscr. = Coelatura mossambicensis
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