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Publication Turton (1807): summary

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Turton, W. 1807. British Fauna, containing a compendium of the zoology of the British Islands: arranged according to the Linnean System. 1. 230 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Mytilus avoensis Turton, 1807 = Anodonta cygnea

‘Montague’ Turton, 1807. Brit. Faun. 1: 165.
(error for Mytilus avonensis Montagu, 1803)

Taxonomic Opinions

Mya ovalis Donovan = Unio tumidus + Unio pictorum

+ Mya ovalis Retzius, 1788

There are 13 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.
 
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