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| Bruggen, A.C. van. |
| The genus Negulus is reviewed; only four Recent species, restricted to continental Africa, are recognized. The genus is extinct in Europe, being only recorded from Tertiary deposits. A key to the shells of the Recent species (all figured) is supplied. The anatomy is as yet unknown. A sinistral shell of N. abyssinicus is described from among a series of paralectotypes in the Leiden Museum, the first such abnormality in the genus (figured). A fair amount of shell material has become available (among which some historical specimens) so that metric data may be compared with greater confidence. Recent occurrence is established/confirmed for Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Zaire, Zambia, Malaŵi, and Bioko (Fernando Poo). The small size of the shell... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Gastropoda; Pulmonata; Vertiginidae; Negulus; Africa; St. Helena Is.; Taxonomy; 42.73. |
| Ano: 1994 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318176 |
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