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Africarion copiosus Preston, 1914
1292753 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1292753)
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Africarion copiosa Preston, 1914 · unaccepted (incorrect grammatical agreement...)
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(of Africarion copiosa Preston, 1914) Preston, H.B. (1914). Diagnoses of new genera and species of Zonitidae from Equatorial Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 82 (3): 787-811, pl. 1-3. London. [7 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31856124
page(s): 788, pl. 2, fig. 13. [details]
page(s): 788, pl. 2, fig. 13. [details]
Type locality contained in Democratic Republic of the Congo
type locality contained in Democratic Republic of the Congo [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
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(of Africarion copiosa Preston, 1914) Preston, H.B. (1914). Diagnoses of new genera and species of Zonitidae from Equatorial Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 82 (3): 787-811, pl. 1-3. London. [7 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31856124
page(s): 788, pl. 2, fig. 13. [details]
basis of record Pilsbry, H. A. (1919). A review of the land mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 40: 1-370, pls I-XXIII.
page(s): 278 [details]
page(s): 788, pl. 2, fig. 13. [details]
basis of record Pilsbry, H. A. (1919). A review of the land mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 40: 1-370, pls I-XXIII.
page(s): 278 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
