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Micractaeon koptawelilensis (Germain, 1934)
1293318 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1293318)
accepted
Species
Micractaeon kakamegaensis Verdcourt, 1993 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pseudopeas koptawelilense Germain, 1934 · unaccepted (original combination)
(of Pseudopeas koptawelilense Germain, 1934) Germain, L. (1934). Contributions à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique équatoriale. LXIX. Mollusques terrestres nouveaux des régions montagneuses de l'Afrique Orientale (Mission de l'Omo, 1932-1933), II. - Stenogyridae et Pupillidae (sensu lato). <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, A, (2) 6: 377–382.</em>
page(s): 380 [details]
page(s): 380 [details]
Type locality contained in Kenya
type locality contained in Kenya [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Micractaeon koptawelilensis (Germain, 1934). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1293318 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Micractaeon kakamegaensis Verdcourt, 1993) Verdcourt, B. (1993). A new genus and species of land snail, Micractaeon kakamegaensis, from Kakamega Forest, Kenya (Pulmonata: ?Ferussaciidae). <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde 121(1/6): 81–86.</em>
page(s): 82, figs 1-12. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Pseudopeas koptawelilense Germain, 1934) Germain, L. (1934). Contributions à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique équatoriale. LXIX. Mollusques terrestres nouveaux des régions montagneuses de l'Afrique Orientale (Mission de l'Omo, 1932-1933), II. - Stenogyridae et Pupillidae (sensu lato). <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, A, (2) 6: 377–382.</em>
page(s): 380 [details]
additional source Bruggen, A. C. van; Van Goethem, J. L. (2001). Prolegomena for a checklist of the terrestrial mollusks of the Upemba National Park, Katanga, D.R. Congo. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Biologie.</em> 71: 151–168., available online at https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-biologie/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-biology/71-2001/biologie-2001-71_151-168.pdf
page(s): 156 [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): 20 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bruggen, A. C. van & Winter, A. J. de. (1995). Notes on <i>Micractaeon</i>, a monotypic genus of African land snails (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Ferussaciidae?). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 69(7): 79–92., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/319133
page(s): 80 [details]
additional source Bruggen, A. C. van. (2008). New studies on the land molluscs of Malawi, a second interim progress report. Prolegomena for a new checklist. <em>Basteria.</em> 74(4–6): 353–368., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/643878
page(s): 362 [details]
additional source Holyoak, D. T.; Holyoak, G. A.; Lima, R. F. D.; Panisi, M.; Sinclair, F. (2020). A checklist of the land Mollusca (Gastropoda) of the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, with new records and descriptions of new taxa. <em>Iberus: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Malacología, (Iberus).</em>38(2): 219-319.
page(s): 264. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wronski, T., Gilbert, K., Long, E., Micha, B., Quinn, R. & Hausdorf, B. (2014). Species richness and meta-community structure of land snails along an altitudinal gradient on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 80: 161–168.
page(s): 164. [details]
new combination reference Verdcourt, B. (1996). A new species of Pseudopeas Putzeys from Tanzania (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Subulinidae). <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde 126(1/2): 121–123.</em>
page(s): 123 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 82, figs 1-12. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pseudopeas koptawelilense Germain, 1934) Germain, L. (1934). Contributions à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique équatoriale. LXIX. Mollusques terrestres nouveaux des régions montagneuses de l'Afrique Orientale (Mission de l'Omo, 1932-1933), II. - Stenogyridae et Pupillidae (sensu lato). <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, A, (2) 6: 377–382.</em>
page(s): 380 [details]
additional source Bruggen, A. C. van; Van Goethem, J. L. (2001). Prolegomena for a checklist of the terrestrial mollusks of the Upemba National Park, Katanga, D.R. Congo. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Biologie.</em> 71: 151–168., available online at https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-biologie/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-biology/71-2001/biologie-2001-71_151-168.pdf
page(s): 156 [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): 20 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bruggen, A. C. van & Winter, A. J. de. (1995). Notes on <i>Micractaeon</i>, a monotypic genus of African land snails (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Ferussaciidae?). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 69(7): 79–92., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/319133
page(s): 80 [details]
additional source Bruggen, A. C. van. (2008). New studies on the land molluscs of Malawi, a second interim progress report. Prolegomena for a new checklist. <em>Basteria.</em> 74(4–6): 353–368., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/643878
page(s): 362 [details]
additional source Holyoak, D. T.; Holyoak, G. A.; Lima, R. F. D.; Panisi, M.; Sinclair, F. (2020). A checklist of the land Mollusca (Gastropoda) of the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, with new records and descriptions of new taxa. <em>Iberus: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Malacología, (Iberus).</em>38(2): 219-319.
page(s): 264. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wronski, T., Gilbert, K., Long, E., Micha, B., Quinn, R. & Hausdorf, B. (2014). Species richness and meta-community structure of land snails along an altitudinal gradient on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 80: 161–168.
page(s): 164. [details]
new combination reference Verdcourt, B. (1996). A new species of Pseudopeas Putzeys from Tanzania (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Subulinidae). <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde 126(1/2): 121–123.</em>
page(s): 123 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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