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Euglesa keniana (Preston, 1911)
1547570 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1547570)
accepted
Species
Euglesa (Afropisidium) keniana (Preston, 1911) · alternative representation
Pisidium kenianum Preston, 1911 · unaccepted (basionym)
Sphaerium kigeziensis Preston, 1912 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
recent only
(of Pisidium kenianum Preston, 1911) Preston, H.B. (1911). Descriptions of thirty-six new species of land and freshwater shells from British East Africa, chiefly from Mount Kenia and the neighbouring district. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (8) 7 (41): 463-476, pl. 11-12. London. [29 April]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15815183
page(s): 475, pl. 12, fig. 36. [details]
page(s): 475, pl. 12, fig. 36. [details]
Note Kenya, between Rumruti and Mount Kenya
Type locality Kenya, between Rumruti and Mount Kenya [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Euglesa keniana (Preston, 1911). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1547570 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Pisidium kenianum Preston, 1911) Preston, H.B. (1911). Descriptions of thirty-six new species of land and freshwater shells from British East Africa, chiefly from Mount Kenia and the neighbouring district. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (8) 7 (41): 463-476, pl. 11-12. London. [29 April]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15815183
page(s): 475, pl. 12, fig. 36. [details]
original description (of Sphaerium kigeziensis Preston, 1912) Preston, H. B. (1912). Diagnoses of new species of terrestrial and fluviatile shells from British and German East Africa, with the description of a new genus (Eussoia) from the Eusso Nyiro River, B.E. Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 80(1): 183-193, pls. 31-33. [13 March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31854893
page(s): 193, pl. 31, figs 1, 1a. [details]
taxonomy source Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]
additional source Clewing, C.; Geertz, T.; Rassam, H.; Woldekiros, T.H.; Albrecht, C. (2022). Freshwater diversity at a biogeographic edge zone: the high-mountain pea-clams of Ethiopia. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 20(1): 1-15., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2021.2005706 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 475, pl. 12, fig. 36. [details]
original description (of Sphaerium kigeziensis Preston, 1912) Preston, H. B. (1912). Diagnoses of new species of terrestrial and fluviatile shells from British and German East Africa, with the description of a new genus (Eussoia) from the Eusso Nyiro River, B.E. Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 80(1): 183-193, pls. 31-33. [13 March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31854893
page(s): 193, pl. 31, figs 1, 1a. [details]
taxonomy source Graf, D.; Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). , available online at http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/ [details]
additional source Clewing, C.; Geertz, T.; Rassam, H.; Woldekiros, T.H.; Albrecht, C. (2022). Freshwater diversity at a biogeographic edge zone: the high-mountain pea-clams of Ethiopia. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 20(1): 1-15., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2021.2005706 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality Kenya, between Rumruti and Mount Kenya [details]
