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Edentulina obesa (J. W. Taylor, 1877)
1292543 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1292543)
accepted
Species
Buliminus obesa J. W. Taylor, 1877 · unaccepted (original combination)
Ennea obesa (J. W. Taylor, 1877) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ennea zanguebarica Morelet, 1889 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Subspecies Edentulina obesa bulimiformis (Grandidier, 1887)
- Subspecies Edentulina obesa obesa (J. W. Taylor, 1877)
(of Buliminus obesa J. W. Taylor, 1877) Taylor, J. W. (1877). Description of new species of land shell from the east coast of Africa. <em>Quarterly Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(12): 251-255., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16252423
page(s): 255, pl. 2, fig. 3.; note: Attributed to J. S. Gibbons MS. [details]
page(s): 255, pl. 2, fig. 3.; note: Attributed to J. S. Gibbons MS. [details]
Type locality contained in Zanzibar Archipelago
type locality contained in Zanzibar Archipelago [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Edentulina obesa (J. W. Taylor, 1877). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1292543 on 2025-03-23
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original description
(of Ennea zanguebarica Morelet, 1889) Morelet, A. (1889). Coquilles nouvelles de l'Afrique méridionale. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 37(1): 5-20., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16015398
page(s): 10, pl. 1, figs 7, 7a. [details]
original description (of Buliminus obesa J. W. Taylor, 1877) Taylor, J. W. (1877). Description of new species of land shell from the east coast of Africa. <em>Quarterly Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(12): 251-255., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16252423
page(s): 255, pl. 2, fig. 3.; note: Attributed to J. S. Gibbons MS. [details]
basis of record Rowson, B.; Warren, B. H.; Ngereza, C. F. (2010). Terrestrial molluscs of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and its status as an “oceanic” island. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 70: 1-39., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.70.762
page(s): 26 [details] Available for editors
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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): 371 [details]
additional source Bacci, G. (1951). Elementi per una malacofauna dell'Abissinia e della Somalia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 65: 1-145. Genova.
page(s): 97. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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>
page(s): 439 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 10, pl. 1, figs 7, 7a. [details]
original description (of Buliminus obesa J. W. Taylor, 1877) Taylor, J. W. (1877). Description of new species of land shell from the east coast of Africa. <em>Quarterly Journal of Conchology.</em> 1(12): 251-255., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16252423
page(s): 255, pl. 2, fig. 3.; note: Attributed to J. S. Gibbons MS. [details]
basis of record Rowson, B.; Warren, B. H.; Ngereza, C. F. (2010). Terrestrial molluscs of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and its status as an “oceanic” island. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 70: 1-39., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.70.762
page(s): 26 [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): 371 [details]
additional source Bacci, G. (1951). Elementi per una malacofauna dell'Abissinia e della Somalia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 65: 1-145. Genova.
page(s): 97. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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>
page(s): 439 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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