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Edentulina affinis C. R. Boettger, 1913
1293045 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1293045)
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Species
Edentulina affinis var. gracilis C. R. Boettger, 1913 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Variety Edentulina affinis var. gracilis C. R. Boettger, 1913 accepted as Edentulina affinis C. R. Boettger, 1913 (junior synonym)
Boettger, C. R. (1913). Descriptions of new species of land shells from Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10: 348-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237349
page(s): 349, pl. 15, fig. 8. [details]
page(s): 349, pl. 15, fig. 8. [details]
Type locality contained in Tanzania
type locality contained in Tanzania [details]
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original description
Boettger, C. R. (1913). Descriptions of new species of land shells from Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10: 348-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237349
page(s): 349, pl. 15, fig. 8. [details]
original description (of Edentulina affinis var. gracilis C. R. Boettger, 1913) Boettger, C. R. (1913). Descriptions of new species of land shells from Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10: 348-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237349
page(s): 349, pl. 15, fig. 9. [details]
additional source Zilch, A. (1983). Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 71: Mollusca: Streptaxacea (2): Haplotrematidae, Systrophiidae, Rhytididae, Streptaxidae (Nachträge zu Teil 24). <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 113 (1/6): 117–149; 231–233, Taf. 11–13.
page(s): 134 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Brown, K. (2023). A guide to the hunter shells. Vol. 2. The Streptaxoidea. The Enneinae, Orthogibbinae, Marconiinae, Odontartemoninae, Streptaxinae and the Diapheridae. ConchBooks, Germany.
page(s): 357 [details]
additional source Muratov, I.V. (2010). Terrestrial molluscs of Cabo Delgado and adjacent inland areas of north-eastern Mozambique. <em>African Invertebrates.</em> 51(2): 255–288. [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Rowson, B. (2007). Land molluscs of Zanzibar Island (Unguja), Tanzania, including a new species of Gulella (Pulmonata: Streptaxidae). <em>Journal of Conchology 39: 425–466.</em> , available online at https://conchsoc.org/sites/default/files/Journal%20of%20Conchology/2007.12_v39(4)/002_Individual%20papers/002_High%20resolution/007_Rowson_JoC_v39(4)_p425_2007.pdf
page(s): 439; note: Treated as a synonym of E. ovoidea, but this opinion revised in 2010 [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Rowson, B. (2010). Systematics and diversity of the Streptaxidae (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Ph.D. thesis, University of Wales, Cardiff. Pp. i–vii + 1–307. , available online at http://orca.cf.ac.uk/54973/
page(s): 160 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 349, pl. 15, fig. 8. [details]
original description (of Edentulina affinis var. gracilis C. R. Boettger, 1913) Boettger, C. R. (1913). Descriptions of new species of land shells from Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10: 348-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237349
page(s): 349, pl. 15, fig. 9. [details]
additional source Zilch, A. (1983). Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 71: Mollusca: Streptaxacea (2): Haplotrematidae, Systrophiidae, Rhytididae, Streptaxidae (Nachträge zu Teil 24). <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 113 (1/6): 117–149; 231–233, Taf. 11–13.
page(s): 134 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Brown, K. (2023). A guide to the hunter shells. Vol. 2. The Streptaxoidea. The Enneinae, Orthogibbinae, Marconiinae, Odontartemoninae, Streptaxinae and the Diapheridae. ConchBooks, Germany.
page(s): 357 [details]
additional source Muratov, I.V. (2010). Terrestrial molluscs of Cabo Delgado and adjacent inland areas of north-eastern Mozambique. <em>African Invertebrates.</em> 51(2): 255–288. [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Rowson, B. (2007). Land molluscs of Zanzibar Island (Unguja), Tanzania, including a new species of Gulella (Pulmonata: Streptaxidae). <em>Journal of Conchology 39: 425–466.</em> , available online at https://conchsoc.org/sites/default/files/Journal%20of%20Conchology/2007.12_v39(4)/002_Individual%20papers/002_High%20resolution/007_Rowson_JoC_v39(4)_p425_2007.pdf
page(s): 439; note: Treated as a synonym of E. ovoidea, but this opinion revised in 2010 [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Rowson, B. (2010). Systematics and diversity of the Streptaxidae (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Ph.D. thesis, University of Wales, Cardiff. Pp. i–vii + 1–307. , available online at http://orca.cf.ac.uk/54973/
page(s): 160 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
