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Ferrissia platyrhynchus B. Walker, 1914
1313699 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1313699)
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Walker, B. (1914). Notes on the Ancylidae of North Africa. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 27(10): 113-117; 27(11): 124-131., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1752638
page(s): 125, pl. VII, figs. 1-3 [details]
page(s): 125, pl. VII, figs. 1-3 [details]
Note Hubendick (1970: 16) cited this taxon as a...
Taxonomic remark According to Brown (1994: 181), this species was "described from a single shell, with a hooked apex, appearing from the...
Taxonomic remark According to Brown (1994: 181), this species was "described from a single shell, with a hooked apex, appearing from the illustration to be a juvenile Ancylus fluviatilis" [details]
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Walker, B. (1914). Notes on the Ancylidae of North Africa. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 27(10): 113-117; 27(11): 124-131., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1752638
page(s): 125, pl. VII, figs. 1-3 [details]
basis of record Brown D. S. (1994). <i>Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance</i>, revised 2nd edition. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. i-x, 1-607.
page(s): 181 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Hubendick, B. (1970). Studies on Ancylidae. The Palearctic and Oriental species and formgroups. Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum et Litterarum Gothoburgensis, Zoologia, 5: 1-52. Göteborg [9 February].
page(s): 16 [details]
page(s): 125, pl. VII, figs. 1-3 [details]
basis of record Brown D. S. (1994). <i>Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance</i>, revised 2nd edition. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. i-x, 1-607.
page(s): 181 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hubendick, B. (1970). Studies on Ancylidae. The Palearctic and Oriental species and formgroups. Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum et Litterarum Gothoburgensis, Zoologia, 5: 1-52. Göteborg [9 February].
page(s): 16 [details]
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Taxonomic remark According to Brown (1994: 181), this species was "described from a single shell, with a hooked apex, appearing from the illustration to be a juvenile Ancylus fluviatilis" [details]Type locality Hubendick (1970: 16) cited this taxon as a junior synonym Ancylus fluviatilis [details]
Type locality Algeria, Baraki, near Gue de Constantine [details]
