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Publication Chenu (1859): summary

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Chenu. 1859. Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paléontologie Conchyliologique ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles 2. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio plicatus Küster, 1856 = Amblema plicata

‘Say’ of Authors.
specimen image from publication Küster, 1856. Conchyl. Cab. 9(2): 137, pl. 40, fig. 3.
Chenu, 1859. Manuel Conchyl. 2: 143, pl. 706.
(reference to Unio plicata Say, 1817)

Unio raveneliana Chenu, 1859 = Margaritifera margaritifera

‘Lea’ Chenu, 1859. Manuel Conchyl. 2: 144, fig. 714.
(misidentified reference to Unio ravenelianus Lea, 1834)

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