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Cerastus kempi Preston, 1913
1292824 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1292824)
accepted
Species
Cerastua kempi (Preston, 1913) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cerastua kempi var. kempi (Preston, 1913) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cerastua kempi var. masakaensis (Preston, 1913) · unaccepted
Cerastus kempi var. kempi Preston, 1913 · unaccepted
Cerastus kempi var. masakaensis Preston, 1913 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Variety Cerastus kempi var. kempi Preston, 1913 accepted as Cerastus kempi Preston, 1913
- Variety Cerastus kempi var. masakaensis Preston, 1913 accepted as Cerastus kempi Preston, 1913 (junior synonym)
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): 51, pl. 4, fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 51, pl. 4, fig. 3 [details]
Type locality contained in Democratic Republic of the Congo
type locality contained in Democratic Republic of the Congo [details]
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original description
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): 51, pl. 4, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Cerastus kempi var. kempi 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): 51, pl. 4, fig. 3. [details]
original description (of Cerastus kempi var. 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): 51. [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): 314 [details]
additional source Verdcourt, B. (2006). A revised list of the non-marine Mollusca of East Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, excluding Malawi). B. Verdcourt, Maidenhead. Pp. 1–75.
page(s): 19 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 51, pl. 4, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Cerastus kempi var. kempi 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): 51, pl. 4, fig. 3. [details]
original description (of Cerastus kempi var. 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): 51. [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): 314 [details]
additional source Verdcourt, B. (2006). A revised list of the non-marine Mollusca of East Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, excluding Malawi). B. Verdcourt, Maidenhead. Pp. 1–75.
page(s): 19 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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