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Publication Poli (1795): summary

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Full Citation

Poli, G.S. 1795. Testacea Utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome... 2. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Cerastes Poli, 1795

Poli, 1795. Testacea Utriusque Siciliae 2: ??.

Cerastoderma Poli, 1795

Poli, 1795. Testacea Utriusque Siciliae 2: 252, 258.
Type species: Cardium edule Linnaeus, 1758 (sub. desig. by Martens, 1870: __) = Cerastoderma edule

Glossus Poli, 1795

Poli, 1795. Testacea Utriusque Siciliae 2: ??.

Limnaeoderma Poli, 1795

Poli, 1795. Testacea Utriusque Siciliae 2: 253, 259.
Type species: Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 (herein) = Unio pictorum

Attributed Nominal Species

Limnaea fusca Poli, 1795 = unionoid species

Poli, 1795. Testacea Utriusque Siciliae 2: 253.

Mytilus minimus Poli, 1795 = Mytilaster minimus

Poli, 1795. Testacea Utriusque Siciliae 2: ??.

Taxonomic Opinions

Limnaea fusca Poli, 1795

Limnaeoderma anatinus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Anodonta anatina

Limnaeoderma cygneus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Anodonta cygnea

Limnaeoderma pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) = Unio pictorum

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