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Physa waterloti Germain, 1911
1259854 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1259854)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
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Germain, L. (1911). Contributions à la Faune malacologique de l'Afrique équatoriale. XXVII. Mollusques recuellis au Dahomey par M. Waterlot. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 17: 319-324., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34198368
page(s): 322, fig. 57 [details]
page(s): 322, fig. 57 [details]
Note Type locality: Porto Novo [6º29’N,...
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Type locality Type locality: Porto Novo [6º29’N, 2º37’E], Dahomey, West Africa [details]
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Germain, L. (1911). Contributions à la Faune malacologique de l'Afrique équatoriale. XXVII. Mollusques recuellis au Dahomey par M. Waterlot. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 17: 319-324., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34198368
page(s): 322, fig. 57 [details]
basis of record Brown D. S. (1994). <i>Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance</i>, revised 2nd edition. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. i-x, 1-607.
page(s): 263, fig. 115b, c [details] Available for editors
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additional source Appleton, C.C. & Dana, P. (2005). Re-examination of Physa mosambiquensis Clessin, 1886 and its relationship with other Aplexinae (Pulmonata: Phyrsidae) reported from Africa. <em>African Invertebrates 46: 71–83.</em> [details]
source of synonymy Taylor, D. W. (2003). Introduction to Physidae (Gastropoda: Hygrophila); biogeography, classification, morphology. <em>Revista de Biología Tropical.</em> 51(Suppl. 1): 1-263 (includes a Catalog of species, pp. 197-263)., available online at https://tropicalstudies.org/rbt/attachments/suppls/sup51-1%20Physidae/Physidae%20Information.pdf
page(s): 124 [details]
page(s): 322, fig. 57 [details]
basis of record Brown D. S. (1994). <i>Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance</i>, revised 2nd edition. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. i-x, 1-607.
page(s): 263, fig. 115b, c [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Appleton, C.C. & Dana, P. (2005). Re-examination of Physa mosambiquensis Clessin, 1886 and its relationship with other Aplexinae (Pulmonata: Phyrsidae) reported from Africa. <em>African Invertebrates 46: 71–83.</em> [details]
source of synonymy Taylor, D. W. (2003). Introduction to Physidae (Gastropoda: Hygrophila); biogeography, classification, morphology. <em>Revista de Biología Tropical.</em> 51(Suppl. 1): 1-263 (includes a Catalog of species, pp. 197-263)., available online at https://tropicalstudies.org/rbt/attachments/suppls/sup51-1%20Physidae/Physidae%20Information.pdf
page(s): 124 [details]
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Synonymy Appleton & Dana (2005) consider this species to be a synonym of Physa (Stenophysa) marmorata. In which case Afrophysa Starobogatov, 1967 becomes a junior objective synonym of Stenophysa E. von Martens, 1898 [details]Type locality Type locality: Porto Novo [6º29’N, 2º37’E], Dahomey, West Africa [details]
