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Publication Preston (1905): summary

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Preston, H.B. 1905. Notes on a small collection of shells from the Victoria Falls, Zambesi River, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 6: 300-301. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio zambesiensis Preston, 1905 = Coelatura kunenensis

Preston, 1905. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 6: 301, fig. 1.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (MONOTYPY) BMNH_1905-8-29-1, just above Victoria Falls, Zambesi River.