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Publication Preston (1910): summary

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Preston, H.B. 1910. Further additions to the molluscan fauna of Central Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 (8th series): 58-64. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio angoniensis Preston, 1910 = Coelatura mossambicensis

specimen image from publication Preston, 1910. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 59, pl. 4, fig. 5.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_56760, Angoniland.

Spatha approximans Preston, 1910 = Chambardia nyassaensis

specimen image from publication Preston, 1910. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 63, pl. 5, fig. 14.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_57520, Riv. Shire, 3 ... km entre Nyassa.

Spatha bertilloniana Preston, 1910 = Chambardia wahlbergi

specimen image from publication Preston, 1910. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 63, pl. 5, fig. 15.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_57521, N. Nyassa, Karonga.

Unio charon Preston, 1910 = Unio caffer

specimen image from publication Preston, 1910. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 60, pl. 4, fig. 6.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE MRAC_56592, Brit. C. Afr.: Silongwe.

Unio choziensis Preston, 1910 = Coelatura choziensis

specimen image from publication Preston, 1910. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 60, pl. 4, fig. 8.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_56591, Chozi River, a tributariy of the Chambezi River flowing into Lake Bangweolo.

There are 11 available nominal species attributed to this publication (11 total).

Mutela cuneata Preston, 1910 = Mutela alata

specimen image from publication Preston, 1910. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 62, pl. 5, fig. 13.
Type(s): TYPE MRAC_58556, Riv Shire.

Unio gereti Preston, 1910 = Coelatura horei

specimen image from publication Preston, 1910. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 61, pl. 4, fig. 9.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE MRAC_56800, Lac Tanganyika.

Unio mashonae Preston, 1910 = Unio caffer

specimen image from publication Preston, 1910. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 61, pl. 4, fig. 10 [as ‘mashonæ’].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE (ORIG. DESIG.) BMNH_1910-1-15-6, Banks of a strait, or on the veldt about 16 miles from Enkeldoorn, Mashonaland.

Mutela opalescens Preston, 1910 = Mutela alata

specimen image from publication Preston, 1910. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 62, pl. 4, fig. 12.
Type(s): TYPE MRAC_58554, Riv. Shire a 3-4 km du Lac Nyassa.

Unio shireensis Preston, 1910 = Coelatura mossambicensis

specimen image from publication Preston, 1910. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 61, pl. 4, fig. 11.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE MRAC_56594, River Shire 3-4 km from Lake Nyassa.

Unio vicinus Preston, 1910 = Unio caffer

specimen image from publication Preston, 1910. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 60, pl. 4, fig. 7.
(homonym of Unio vicinus Lea, 1857; renamed Unio silongweensis Preston, 1912)
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE MRAC_56589, Brit. C. Afr.: Silongwe.

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