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Publication Savigny (1813): summary

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Full Citation

Savigny. 1813. Icon. Moll. Egypt..

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio aegyptiacus Cailliaud, 1827 = Coelatura aegyptiaca

Savigny, 1813. Icon. Moll. Egypt.: pl. 7, figs. 3-6.
Cailliaud, 1827. Voyage à Meroe 4: 263.
Cailliaud, 1827. Voyage à Meroe, Atlas 2: pl. 61, figs. 6-7.
(renamed Unio egyptiaca Deshayes, 1832)

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