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Pseudopeas rumrutiense (Preston, 1911)

To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Opeas rumrutiensis. Preston, 1911. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 8) 7: 474, not figured - catalog no. 159301)
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Opeas rumrutiensis. Preston, 1911. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 8) 7: 474, not figured - catalog no. 159301)

1255627  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1255627)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Tectipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Eupulmonata (Superorder)
  9. Stylommatophora (Order)
  10. Achatinina (Suborder)
  11. Achatinoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Achatinidae (Family)
  13. Subulininae (Subfamily)
  14. Pseudopeas (Genus)
  15. Pseudopeas rumrutiense (Species)
accepted
Species
Opeas rumrutiense Preston, 1911 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Opeas rumrutiense Preston, 1911) Preston, H.B. (1911). Descriptions of thirty-six new species of land and freshwater shells from British East Africa, chiefly from Mount Kenia and the neighbouring district. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (8) 7 (41): 463-476, pl. 11-12. London. [29 April]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15815183
page(s): 474, pl. 12, fig. 32. [details] 
Type locality contained in Kenya  
type locality contained in Kenya [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pseudopeas rumrutiense (Preston, 1911). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1255627 on 2025-09-12
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2018-05-31 11:41:46Z
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Herbert, David
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original description (of Opeas rumrutiense Preston, 1911) Preston, H.B. (1911). Descriptions of thirty-six new species of land and freshwater shells from British East Africa, chiefly from Mount Kenia and the neighbouring district. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (8) 7 (41): 463-476, pl. 11-12. London. [29 April]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15815183
page(s): 474, pl. 12, fig. 32. [details] 

basis of record Connolly, M. (1923). Notes on African non-marine Mollusca, with descriptions of many new species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (9) 12 (72): 633-659, pl. 19. London. [27 November].
page(s): 648 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Opeas rumrutiensis. Preston, 1911. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 8) 7: 474, not figured - catalog no. 159301) (from synonym Opeas rumrutiense Preston, 1911)
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