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Bulinus globosus (Morelet, 1866)
1058683 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1058683)
accepted
Species
Bulinus (Physopsis) globosus (Morelet, 1866) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Isidora (Physopsis) globosa (Morelet, 1866) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Physa globosa Morelet, 1866 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Physa masakaensis Preston, 1913 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Physopsis choziensis Preston, 1913 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Bulinus globosus ugandae Mandahl-Barth, 1954 accepted as Bulinus ugandae Mandahl-Barth, 1954 (original rank)
(of Physa globosa Morelet, 1866) Morelet, A. (1866). Coquilles nouvelles recueillies par le Dr Fr. Welwitsch dans l'Afrique équatoriale, et particulièrement dans les provinces portugaises d'Angola et de Benguella. <em>Journal de conchyliologie.</em> 14 (2): 153-163., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15667391
page(s): 162 [details]
page(s): 162 [details]
Type locality contained in Angola
type locality contained in Angola [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Homonymy Name based on junior primary homonym. Non Physa globosa Haldeman, 1842; no replacement name has been proposed.
Homonymy Name based on junior primary homonym. Non Physa globosa Haldeman, 1842; no replacement name has been proposed. [details]
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(of Physa globosa Morelet, 1866) Morelet, A. (1866). Coquilles nouvelles recueillies par le Dr Fr. Welwitsch dans l'Afrique équatoriale, et particulièrement dans les provinces portugaises d'Angola et de Benguella. <em>Journal de conchyliologie.</em> 14 (2): 153-163., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15667391
page(s): 162 [details]
original description (of Physopsis choziensis Preston, 1913) Preston, H. B. (1913). New species and varieties of terrestrial and fluviatile shells from Equatorial Africa. <em>Revue de Zoologie Africaine.</em> 3 (1): 47-62, 212, pl. 4-6. Bruxelles [15 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32991295
page(s): 55, pl. 5, fig. 12. [details]
original description (of Physa masakaensis Preston, 1913) Preston, H. B. (1913). New species and varieties of terrestrial and fluviatile shells from Equatorial Africa. <em>Revue de Zoologie Africaine.</em> 3 (1): 47-62, 212, pl. 4-6. Bruxelles [15 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32991295
page(s): 57, pl. 5, fig. 7. [details]
basis of record Brown, D. S.; Curtis, B. A.; Bethune, S.; Appleton, C. C. (1992). Freshwater snails of East Caprivi and the lower Okavango River Basin in Namibia and Botswana. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 246(1): 9-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00005620
page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Appleton, C.C. (1977). The fresh-water Mollusca of Tongaland with a note on molluscan distribution in Lake Sibaya. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum 23(1):129-144.</em>
page(s): 135 [details]
additional source Wright, C. A. (1956). The anatomy of the six species of the molluscan genus Bulinus (Planorbidae) from Senegambia. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 32(3): 88-104., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064767 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 162 [details]
original description (of Physopsis choziensis Preston, 1913) Preston, H. B. (1913). New species and varieties of terrestrial and fluviatile shells from Equatorial Africa. <em>Revue de Zoologie Africaine.</em> 3 (1): 47-62, 212, pl. 4-6. Bruxelles [15 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32991295
page(s): 55, pl. 5, fig. 12. [details]
original description (of Physa masakaensis Preston, 1913) Preston, H. B. (1913). New species and varieties of terrestrial and fluviatile shells from Equatorial Africa. <em>Revue de Zoologie Africaine.</em> 3 (1): 47-62, 212, pl. 4-6. Bruxelles [15 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32991295
page(s): 57, pl. 5, fig. 7. [details]
basis of record Brown, D. S.; Curtis, B. A.; Bethune, S.; Appleton, C. C. (1992). Freshwater snails of East Caprivi and the lower Okavango River Basin in Namibia and Botswana. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 246(1): 9-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00005620
page(s): 31 [details] Available for editors

additional source Appleton, C.C. (1977). The fresh-water Mollusca of Tongaland with a note on molluscan distribution in Lake Sibaya. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum 23(1):129-144.</em>
page(s): 135 [details]
additional source Wright, C. A. (1956). The anatomy of the six species of the molluscan genus Bulinus (Planorbidae) from Senegambia. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 32(3): 88-104., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064767 [details] Available for editors





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Homonymy Name based on junior primary homonym. Non Physa globosa Haldeman, 1842; no replacement name has been proposed. [details]