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Limnaea (Limnophysa) senegalensis Beck, 1838
1459700 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1459700)
unaccepted > nomen nudum
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Beck, H. (1837-1838). <i>Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici</i>. 124 pp. Hafniae [Copenhagen]. Pp. 1-100 [1837]; 101-124 [1838]; Appendix: 1-8 [June 1837]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058074
page(s): 110 [details]
page(s): 110 [details]
Note Stated as Senegal. Mörch (1868: 35)...
Type locality Stated as Senegal. Mörch (1868: 35) hypothesized that this species is living in Greenland (!), and the type specimen “was probably by mistake dropped into a box of Senegal shells” [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Limnaea (Limnophysa) senegalensis Beck, 1838. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1459700 on 2025-09-11
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Beck, H. (1837-1838). <i>Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici</i>. 124 pp. Hafniae [Copenhagen]. Pp. 1-100 [1837]; 101-124 [1838]; Appendix: 1-8 [June 1837]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32058074
page(s): 110 [details]
page(s): 110 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Stated as Senegal. Mörch (1868: 35) hypothesized that this species is living in Greenland (!), and the type specimen “was probably by mistake dropped into a box of Senegal shells” [details]
