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genus Prisodontopsis Tomlin, 1928: species
4 available nominal genus synonyms (5 total synonyms) | cladomics

Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis F.R. Woodward, 1991
syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (51 + 7 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Endemic to Lake Mweru and the Luapula in the Upper Congo, Africa. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, SRA
IUCN Red List: Endangered B1ab(iii)
other links: MolluscaBase

Prisodontopsis mweruensis (E.A. Smith, 1908)
syonymy (3 available, 4 total) | specimens (90 + 6 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Endemic to the Lake Mweru Basin and the Lower Luapula in the Upper Congo of Africa. (Afrotropics)
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable B1ab(iii) (Mweruella mweruensis)
other links: MolluscaBase

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