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Publication Pilsbry (1920): summary

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Pilsbry, H.A. 1920. Costa Rican land and freshwater mollusks. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 72: 2-10. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3819429.

Attributed Nominal Species

Nephronaias macneilii Pilsbry, 1920 = Nephronaias macnielii

(error for Unio macnielii Lea, 1869)
‘Lea’ Pilsbry, 1920. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 72: 10.

image of type lot

Nephronaias tempisquensis Pilsbry, 1920 = Nephronaias tempisquensis

Pilsbry, 1920. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 72: 9, fig. 6.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE [AS HOLOTYPE] ANSP_105225 (by R.I. Johnson, 1980: 278), Rio Tempisque, Filadelphia, Costa Rica.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodontites luteolus (Lea) = Anodontites tortilis

Nephronaias dysoni (Lea) = Nephronaias dysonii

Nephronaias macneilii [sic] (Lea) = Nephronaias macnielii

Nephronaias tempisquensis n. sp.

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