MolluscaBase taxon details
Africarion orestias Preston, 1914
1393978 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1393978)
accepted
Species
Preston, H.B. (1914). Diagnoses of new genera and species of Zonitidae from Equatorial Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 82 (3): 787-811, pl. 1-3. London. [7 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31856124
page(s): 788, pl. 2, fig. 15. [details]
page(s): 788, pl. 2, fig. 15. [details]
Type locality contained in Kenya
type locality contained in Kenya [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Africarion orestias Preston, 1914. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1393978 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Preston, H.B. (1914). Diagnoses of new genera and species of Zonitidae from Equatorial Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 82 (3): 787-811, pl. 1-3. London. [7 September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31856124
page(s): 788, pl. 2, fig. 15. [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): 38 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 788, pl. 2, fig. 15. [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): 38 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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