Cerastus bequaerti Pilsbry, 1919 | ZS.10.59 | Mollusca Types in Britain & Ireland
Type Specimen

Cerastus bequaerti Pilsbry, 1919
Syntype(s)

Pilsbry, H. A. 1919. A review of the land Mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1900-1915. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 40. pp.380. 163 [312; pl.23; figs.1-4] [Original Description]
Current name: Cerastus bequaerti Pilsbry, 1919 [source: MolluscaBase]
Classification: Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Helicina : Pupilloidea : Cerastidae
Type Status: Syntype(s) [Verified - Harriet Wood ]
Collection: Haslemere Educational Museum (Robert Henson Moses)
Catalogue No.: ZS.10.59
No. specimens: 1 (Dry shells)
Type Locality: Masisi, type locality, at about 1800 m., 130 specimens. Also at Mbisi near Masisi (Bequaert Coll.). [Democratic Republic of the Congo]
Collecting details: Bequaert coll; T. Pain
Notes
No specific type specimen designated, therefore a syntype series. This material fits the type locality & collector. Syntypes also in ANSP (#118537) and one in AC-NMW.
References

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Pilsbry, H. A. 1919. A review of the land Mollusks of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1900-1915. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 40. pp.380. 163 [312; pl.23; figs.1-4] [Original Description]
Specimen Data
Point Locality: Mbisi
Continent: Africa
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
State/Prov.: North Kivu Province
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Ex. Collector: Bequaert coll; T. Pain
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