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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

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Publication Ortmann (1913): summary

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Full Citation

Ortmann, A.E. 1913. The Alleghenian Divide, and its influence upon the freshwater fauna. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 52(210): 287-390. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Pleurobema fassinans Ortmann, 1913 = Pleurobema oviforme

‘Lea’ Ortmann, 1913. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 52(210): 310.
‘Lea’ Ortmann, 1914. Nautilus 28(3): 31.
(misidentified reference to Unio fassinans Lea, 1868)

 
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