MolluscaBase - Cerastua kempi (Preston, 1913)

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Cerastua kempi (Preston, 1913)

AphiaID

1292813 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1292813)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Cerastus kempi Preston, 1913

Rank

Species

Parent

Cerastua Strand, 1928 accepted as Cerastus E. von Martens, 1860

Original name

Cerastus kempi Preston, 1913

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Variety Cerastua kempi var. kempi (Preston, 1913) accepted as Cerastus kempi var. kempi Preston, 1913 accepted as Cerastus kempi Preston, 1913 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Variety Cerastua kempi var. masakaensis (Preston, 1913) accepted as Cerastus kempi var. masakaensis Preston, 1913 accepted as Cerastus kempi Preston, 1913

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

(of Cerastus kempi Preston, 1913) Preston, H. B. (1913). New species and varieties of terrestrial and fluviatile shells from Equatorial Africa. Revue de Zoologie Africaine. 3 (1): 47-62, 212, pl. 4-6. Bruxelles [15 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32991295
page(s): 51, pl. 4, fig. 3 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerastua kempi (Preston, 1913). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1292813 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2018-08-26 09:25:06Z

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Herbert, David

2018-10-05 11:42:07Z

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Herbert, David

2018-11-04 12:30:49Z

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Herbert, David

2022-08-30 07:32:28Z

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Neubauer, Thomas A.

2023-12-23 12:38:18Z

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Herbert, David

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Sources (2)

original description (of Cerastus kempi Preston, 1913) Preston, H. B. (1913). New species and varieties of terrestrial and fluviatile shells from Equatorial Africa. Revue de Zoologie Africaine. 3 (1): 47-62, 212, pl. 4-6. Bruxelles [15 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32991295
page(s): 51, pl. 4, fig. 3 [details]

basis of record Verdcourt, B. (1970). The genus Cerastua Strand (Mollusca-Enidae) in the Congo Republic, Burundi and Rwanda. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine 82: 14–34.
page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors

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