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Placostylus gizoensis Clench, 1941
1312136 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1312136)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
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Clench, W. J. (1941). The land Mollusca of the Solomon Islands (Succineidae, Bulimulidae and Partulidae). <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1129: 1-21.
page(s): 5, fig. 10 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 5, fig. 10 [details] Available for editors

Note type locality "Gizo Island (Solomon Islands)"...
Type locality type locality "Gizo Island (Solomon Islands)" in error for Lord Howe Island (Australia). Hence a junior synonym of P. bivaricosus. [details]
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Clench, W. J. (1941). The land Mollusca of the Solomon Islands (Succineidae, Bulimulidae and Partulidae). <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1129: 1-21.
page(s): 5, fig. 10 [details] Available for editors
[request]
source of synonymy Delsaerdt, A.G.J. (2010). Land Snails on the Solomon Islands. Vol. I: Placostylidae. Ancona: L'Informatore Piceno. 132 pp., 12 pls.
page(s): 76 [details]
page(s): 5, fig. 10 [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Delsaerdt, A.G.J. (2010). Land Snails on the Solomon Islands. Vol. I: Placostylidae. Ancona: L'Informatore Piceno. 132 pp., 12 pls.
page(s): 76 [details]
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Type locality type locality "Gizo Island (Solomon Islands)" in error for Lord Howe Island (Australia). Hence a junior synonym of P. bivaricosus. [details]