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Publication Morelet (1865): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Morelet, A. 1865. Rectifications et additions à la faune malacologique de l’Indo-Chine. Journal de Conchyliologie 13: 19-23. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio misellus Morelet, 1865
Morelet, 1865. J. de Conch. 13: 21.
Morelet, 1875. Séries Conch. 4: 341, pl. 14, fig. 2.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-1593, Siam.

Unio pellislacerti Morelet, 1865
Morelet, 1865. J. de Conch. 13: 22 [as ‘pellis-lacerti’].
Morelet, 1875. Séries Conch. 4: 355, pl. 17, fig. 5 [as ‘pellis-lacerti].
Type(s): HOLOTYPE BMNH_93-2-4-1969, Cochin China.

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